Los números 101-1000+

We’ve already learned to count to 100:
…
98 noventa y ocho
99 noventa y nueve
100 cien

101 ciento uno

Note how the pattern changes slightly: we’re not using y anymore. That’s just to separate the tens place from the ones place. So “one hundred one,” not “one hundred and one.”

Note: you must use mil to talk about years (this is different from the English way of splitting years into two-digit clusters)

• (in) 1950 = (en) mil novecientos cincuenta
• (in) 1821 = (en) mil ochocientos veintiuno
• 2019 = dos mil diecinueve

Another note:  Most Spanish-speaking countries use a comma to mark the decimal point, and a period or dot to mark the thousands position in long numbers. This is beginning to change somewhat as the English way of punctuating numbers is spreading via the Internet. So you’ll need to be careful not to mistake decimals for thousands!

$123.456,78 = ciento veintitrés mil cuatrocientos cincuenta y seis dólares con setenta y ocho centavos

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