Learn to count larger numbers in European Portuguese
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| INTRODUCTION |
| In this lesson we’re going to continue with counting from 11 to 100. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| Let’s just quickly review 0-10. |
| 0 zero |
| 1 um |
| uma if the thing you’re counting is feminine |
| next we have: |
| 2 dois for masculine words and |
| duas for feminine |
| 3 três |
| 4 quatro |
| 5 cinco |
| 6 seis |
| 7 sete |
| 8 oito |
| 9 nove |
| 10 dez |
| ・ |
| Now let’s continue with 11 to 20. |
| 11 onze |
| (slow) on-ze |
| onze |
| 12 doze |
| (slow) doze |
| doze |
| 13 treze |
| (slow) tre-ze |
| treze |
| 14 quatorze |
| (slow) qua-tor-ze |
| quatorze |
| 15 quinze |
| (slow) quin-ze |
| quinze |
| 16 dezesseis |
| (slow) de-zes-seis |
| dezeseis |
| 17 dezessete |
| (slow) de-zes-sete |
| dezesete |
| 18 dezoito |
| (slow) de-zoi-to |
| dezoito. |
| 19 dezenove |
| (slow) de-ze-no-ve |
| dezenove |
| 20 vinte |
| (slow) vin-te |
| vinte |
| You probably noticed that from number sixteen to nineteen, the beginning of the words sound similar. |
| dezesseis derives from three words. The first one is dez which means “ten”. |
| (slow) dez. |
| dez. |
| The second word is e which means "and" |
| (slow) e. |
| e. |
| The third word is seis which means "six" |
| (slow) Seis. |
| Seis. |
| If you were to break the word apart, it would be "ten and six" which means "sixteen." |
| After that, we have the numbers for twenty, thirty, forty, and so on. Let's look at 20 first. |
| 20 vinte |
| (slow) vin-te |
| vinte |
| 30 trinta |
| (slow) trin-ta |
| tinta |
| 40 quarenta |
| (slow) qua-ren-ta |
| quarenta |
| 50 cinquenta |
| (slow) cin-quen-ta |
| cinquenta |
| 60 sessenta |
| (slow) ses-sen-ta |
| sessenta |
| 70 setenta |
| (slow) se-ten-ta |
| setenta |
| 80 oitenta |
| (slow) oi-ten-ta |
| oitenta |
| 90 noventa |
| (slow) no-ven-ta |
| noventa |
| Finally, we have cem, which is “one hundred.” |
| 100 cem |
| (slow) cem |
| cem |
| ・ |
| Now that we learned the tens, let’s learn counting the numbers that are in between. |
| 21 sounds like this: vinte e um. |
| vinte means twenty. |
| E means “and”. |
| Next we have um, which means one. |
| The whole number is vinte e um, literally translated as “twenty and one”. |
| ・ |
| Let’s make a sentence using this number now. |
| “I am 21 years old.” |
| Eu tenho vinte e um anos. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Eu te-nho vin-te e um a-nos. |
| Once again: |
| Eu tenho vinte e um anos. |
| First we have eu which means "I". |
| Next we have tenho meaning “have” |
| (slow) ten-ho |
| tenho |
| The next word, vinte e um, as we learned before, means “twenty-one.” |
| The last word, anos, means "years." |
| (slow) a-nos |
| anos |
| Altogether, we have |
| Eu tenho vinte e um anos. |
| ・ |
| Let’s try making the Portuguese word for “fifty–three.” “Fifty” is cinquenta and “three” is três. Putting them together, we have cinquenta e três or “fifty-three.” |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) cin-quen-ta e três. |
| And once more: |
| cinquenta e três. |
| ・ |
| Let’s use cinquenta e três to say “I have fifty-three euros”: |
| Eu tenho cinquenta e três euros. |
| Let’s break that down: |
| (slow) Eu te-nho cin-quen-ta e três eu-ros. |
| And at natural speed: |
| Eu tenho cinquenta e três euros. |
| Eu tenho is translated as “I have”. |
| We just learned that cinquenta e três means “fifty-three.” |
| The next word, euros, literally translates to “euros.” |
| (slow) eu-ros |
| euros |
| The whole sentence, then, is |
| Eu tenho cinquenta e três euros. |
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