Rules for using numbers in Spanish Flashcards

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Cien is used before a noun

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Cien autobuses

Cien plazas

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Ciento is used with numbers from 101 - 199. There is no y following the word ciento

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110 = ciento diez

140 = ciento cuarenta

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Cientos changes to cientas before a feminine noun

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Doscientos parques

Doscientas iglesias

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Millón/milliones is followed by de when it accompanies a noun

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un millión de pesos

tres millones de habitantes

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Spanish uses a period, where english uses a comma

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3.400 (tres mil cuatrocientos) = 3,400 (three thousand four hundred)

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The expression of years in Spanish

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Es un edificio del año 1921 (mil novecientos veintiuno)

Hernan Cortes llega a Mexico en 1519 (mil quiientos diecinueve)

En el año 2006 hay elecciones generales en Mexico (dos mil seis)

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Estar + preposition (en) + place

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Estoy en la biblioteca

I am in the library

Estamos en clase

We are in class

Marina y Juan están en Veracruz

Marina and Juan are in Veracruz

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Estar + preposition (en/a) + geographical location / direction

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En el norte - in the north
al norte - to the north
en el sur - in the south
al sur - to the south
en el este - in the east
al este - to the east
en el oeste - in the west
al oeste - to the west
en el interior - in the interior
el la frontera - on the border
en la costa - on the coast
en la sierra - in the mountains
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Estar + adverb of location

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aquí - here
allí - there
allá - over there
arriba - below/ downstairs
fuera - outside
dentro - inside
cerca - nearby
lejos - distant, far away

Donde esta la cafetería?
Esta allá

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Estar + expression of location

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al la derecha - to the right of
a la izquierda - to the left of
delante de - in front of
detrás de - behind
debajo (de) - under
cerca de - near to
lejos de - far from
al lado de - next to
frente a - across from, facing
en la esquina de - on the córner of
al fin de - at the end of
entre - between
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