Los Numeros y Numero de Teléfono - Numbers and Telephone Numbers

In this post, we will teach you the numbers, the differences when writing numbers, how to ask for somebody's telephone number, and everything else needed to know about numbers.

Los Nmeros

 1 - 5 is only one word.

uno - one

dos - two

tres - three

cuatro - four

cinco - five

seis - six

siete - seven

ocho - eight

nueve - nine

 11 - 15 has 'ce' at the end

once - eleven

doce - twelve

trece - thirteen

catorce - fourteen

quince - fifteen

 16 - 19 starts with 'dieci' and the number.

dieciseis - sixteen

diecisiete - seventeen

dieciocho - eighteen

diecinueve - ninteen

20 - 100 

viente - twenty When writing 20's, it is vienti + number, as one word.

Then, it when writing the rest of the numbers it is 'start y number'. For example, treinta y uno means thirty one. 

treinta - thirty

cuarenta - forty

cincuenta - fifty

sesenta - sixty

setenta - seventy

ochcenta - eighty 

noventa - ninety 

When writing the number for 100, it is 'ciento+number'. For example. 'cientouno' means 101.

cien - one hundred

And 1,000 is 'mil'. 

Número de Teléfono

 This is how to ask for someone's phone number:

¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? - What is your phone number? 'tu' makes is informal. 

¿Cuál es su número de teléfono? - What is your phone number? 'su' makes it formal. 

 This is how you answer when someone's asks you, for your number: 

Es el ___/___/_____ - It is ___/___/____

Then, you can reply by saying: 

Te llamo pronto - I'll call you soon. 

Te llamo luego - I'll call you later. 

Real-life application

When you meet somebody and you want to talk to them more so, you ask for their telephone number. 

  Informal

Person 1: ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?

Person 2: Es el dos uno cinco (215)/ tres cuatro seis (346)/ diez dos uno(1021)

  Formal 

Person 1: ¿Cuál es su número de teléfono? 

Person 2: Es el trece cinco(135)/catorce cinco(145)/quince vientinueve(1529)