Spanish: An Essential Grammar

Decades are probably best referred to in the following manner: los (años)

sesenta‘the sixties’.

Basic arithmetical calculations

The verb seris used in the plural to mean ‘equals’:

Cinco y/más seis son once. 5 + 6 = 11.

Veinte menos trece son siete. 20 – 13 = 7.

Diez (multiplicado) por cuatro son cuarenta. 10 ×4 = 40.

Cien dividido por veinte son cinco. 100 ÷ 20 = 5.

Note: The division symbol in Spanish is :.

Ordinal numbers

primer(o)/a 1 o/1a 1st

segundo/a 2 o/2a 2nd

tercer(o)/a 3 o/3a 3rd

cuarto/a 4 o/4a 4th

quinto/a 5 o/5a 5th

sexto/a 6 o/6a 6th

sé(p)timo/a 7 o/7a 7th

octavo/a 8 o/8a 8th

noveno/a 9 o/9a 9th

décimo/a 10 o/10a 10th

undécimo/a 11 o/11a 11th

duodécimo/a 12 o/12a 12th

décimo tercer(o)/a 13o/13a 13th

vigésimo/a 20 o/20a 20th

23.2

23.1.5.3

1111

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1011

1

12111

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

20111

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

30111

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

40

41111

23

Numerals and
numerical
expressions

244

Word order in dates

Word order in Spanish is fixed as above and does not allow the

English alternatives, 28th March or March 28th.