Spanish · Beginner (A1) · Chapter 2 of 12
Numbers and prices
Los números y los precios
Count from 0 to 100 in Spanish, ask how much something costs, understand prices in euros and give your phone number.
In this chapter you'll learn to
- Count from 0 to 100
- Ask and understand how much something costs
- Say and understand a phone number
Listen
Pablo is looking around the Rastro, the big Sunday flea market in Madrid. Listen to the whole dialogue first, then line by line.
Pablo
Hola, buenos días. ¿Cuánto cuesta el libro?
Hello, good morning. How much is the book?
Seller
Cuesta ocho euros.
It's eight euros.
Pablo
¿Y el mapa?
And the map?
Seller
El mapa cuesta quince euros.
The map is fifteen euros.
Pablo
¿Quince? Es un poco caro.
Fifteen? It's a bit expensive.
Seller
Bueno, doce euros.
OK, twelve euros.
Pablo
Vale. El libro y el mapa.
OK. The book and the map.
Seller
Son veinte euros.
That's twenty euros.
Pablo
Muy bien. Gracias.
Great. Thank you.
Seller
De nada. Adiós.
You're welcome. Bye.
Understand
Numbers from 0 to 29
Learn 0 to 15 by heart. From 16 to 29, the numbers are written as one word: is “ten and six”, is “twenty and three”.
Watch the accents on , , and .
| 0–9 | 10–19 | 20–29 |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 10 | 20 |
| 1 | 11 | 21 |
| 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 5 | 15 | 25 |
| 6 | 16 | 26 |
| 7 | 17 | 27 |
| 8 | 18 | 28 |
| 9 | 19 | 29 |
Numbers from 30 to 100
From 31 to 99, join the tens and the units with (and), as three separate words: (31), (45), (99). One hundred is .
Before a noun, becomes : , , .
| Number | Spanish |
|---|---|
| 30 | |
| 40 | |
| 50 | |
| 60 | |
| 70 | |
| 80 | |
| 90 | |
| 100 |
Prices and phone numbers
To ask the price of one thing, say ¿Cuánto cuesta…? The answer is … (It costs…) or, for a total, … (That's…). To say what something is like, use from (chapter 1): (It's a bit expensive), (It's cheap).
Spain uses the euro. One euro has 100 . Say prices with (with): 3,50 € is . In a shop you'll also hear just .
Spanish phone numbers have nine digits. People usually say them in small groups, often one digit at a time and then in pairs: .
- ¿Cuánto cuesta el mapa?How much is the map?
- Son treinta y cinco euros con veinte.That's thirty-five euros twenty.
- ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?What's your phone number?
- Es el seis uno dos, cuarenta y cinco, setenta y ocho, noventa.It's 612 45 78 90.
More in the grammar: Spanish numbers: from 0 to a million · The Spanish alphabet and pronunciation
New words
- ¿Cuánto cuesta…?How much is…? / How much does… cost?
- cuestait costs
- el librobook
- el euroeuro
- el mapamap · ends in -a but takes
- un pocoa bit, a little
- caroexpensive
- baratocheap
- valeOK, fine · very common in Spain
- son… eurosthat's… euros (for a total)
- conwith; in prices: and (cents)
- el céntimocent
- de nadayou're welcome
- sí / noyes / no
Practise
1.Which word means 16?
2.Write the number 25 in words.
25 euros.
3.Complete the question to ask the price.
How much is the book?
4.Put the words in order to say the total.
Tap the words below in the right order.That's twenty euros fifty.
5.Match the numbers.
Pick a word on the left, then its meaning on the right.
6.The seller helps you and you say . What does the seller answer?
0 of 6 exercises done.
Say it out loud
¿Cuánto cuesta el libro?
How much is the book?
Listen, then say it out loud, as close to the recording as you can.
Check
Five questions on this chapter. Then mark it as finished to add its words to your review deck.
0 of 5 answered.