To say "eight," sayocho("OH-cho," rhymes with "coach-oh"). To say "nine," saynueve(roughly "NWEHV-eh," with the first syllable rhyming with "Bev"). To say "ten," saydiez("dyess," rhymes with "yes"). Read More Counting: The Cardinal Numbers of Spanish By Gerald Erichsen Note...
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How do you say minutes in Spanish? Spanish Language Vocabulary: If you want to talk about time (la hora) in Spanish, then knowing the word for minutes will come in handy. The Spanish word for minutes is very similar to the English word, which should make it rather easy to remember. ...
Theacute accentis used over the letterein French to indicate the vowel should be pronounced asay. In Spanish, this character is used over vowels to indicate which syllable in a word is stressed. In English, a number of French loanwords may use this mark. Examples of acute accents café pu...
Kind of a tricky word to say, isn't it? Abbreviation.这个词说起来有些难，对吧？缩写。An abbreviation is a small group of letters that represents a larger word or a larger phrase and they're often used in written English but also in spoken English too.All of the ones I'm sharing in...
Spanish numbers from 21–99Once you’ve learned how to count to 20, everything will seem much easier. In fact, counting from 21 to 99 only requires that you learneightnew words! The rest is just a combination of words you already know.NumberSpanish number spellingSpanish number pronunciation...
El ingreso total sería deocho novenosdel salario mínimo legal.(The total income would beeight-ninthsof the minimum legal wage.) Perdió tres décimosde su peso.(He lostthree-tenthsof his weight.) Use ofParte In everyday speech, it is common to express fractions by using the feminine fo...
For more on telling someone what not to do, check out our full post on negative commands in Spanish. There are only eight irregular tú commands. They are: InfinitiveTú CommandExample Sentences decir (to say/tell) di Dime todo lo que pasó. (Tell me everything that happened.) hacer (...
In English, people use “you” generically (e.g., “You win some you lose some”) to express and interpret norms. Here, we examine how norms are conveyed and interpreted in Spanish, a language that—unlike English—has two forms of you (i.e., formal, informal), distinct generic ...
To go there, you should take the bus at Grand Hotel over there. Text 2 【原文】M: Can I help you? W: I'm looking for a size twelve dress. M: Oh, let me see. An eight, a ten. Ah, you're lucky. I have the prettiest dress here in a twelve. Why don't you try it on...