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PRONUNCIATION
OF NUMBERS
ateen – a of usa
| Number in English |
Sound in English |
| 1. one |
uan - a of Arsenal |
| 2. two |
too - oo of Liverpool
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| 3. three |
three - ee of Leeds, i of Sri Lanka
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| 4. four |
for - o of Tokio or Ohio
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| 5. five |
faiv - ai of Mumbai
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| 6. six |
siks - i of Liverpool
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| 7. seven |
seven - e of Everton
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| 8. eight |
at - a of usa
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| 9. nine |
nain - ai of Mumbai
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| 10. ten |
ten - e of Everton
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| 11. eleven |
eleven - e of Everton
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| 12. twelve |
tuelv - e of Everton
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| 13. thirteen |
i of Liverpool, ee of Leeds
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| 14. fourteen |
as at 4. 'teen' is always ee of Leeds
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| 15. fifteen |
i of Liverpool
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| 16. sixteen |
siksteen - i of Liverpool
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| 17. seventeen |
seventeen - e of Everton
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18. eighteen
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| 9. nineteen |
nainteen - ai of Mumbai
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| 20. twenty |
tuene (USA) tuente (rest of the world) |
The emphasis is on the first syllable
on all numbers.
In American English the ‘t’ is not pronounced in:
‘twenty’, ‘thirty’, forty’, 'seventy' y 'ninety'.
'Eighty' is 'ara' (a of USA). We show both versions here:
American y (;) the rest of the world.
| 30. thirty |
thira (a of USA); thirta |
| 31. thirty one |
thira uan; thirta uan |
| siga las indicaciones anteriores |
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| 40. forty |
fora (a of USA as in ALL these numbers); forta |
| 41. forty one |
fora uan; forta uan |
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| 50. fifty |
fifta
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| 51. fifty one |
fifta uan |
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| 60. sixty |
siksta
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| 61. sixty one |
siksta uan |
| 70. seventy |
sevena; seventa |
| 71. seventy one |
sevena uan; seventa uan |
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| 80. eighty |
ara; ata |
| 81. eighty one |
ara uan; ata uan |
| 90. ninety |
naina; nainta |
| 91. ninety one |
naina uan; nainta uan |
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| 100. A hundred, one hundred |
a handred, uan handred* - a of Arsenal
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| 101. A hundred one; a hundred and one |
a handred uan; a handred and uan |
*Both versions are acceptable: they follow the rules in
Definite and Indefinite Article
PRONUNCIATION OF DATES
When we express a date we say the century and year in pairs. So:
| 1776 is |
seventeen seventy six |
1849
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eighteen forty nine |
1954
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nineteen fifty four |
| 1999 |
nineteen ninety nine |
| 2003 |
two thousand (and) three |
2006
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two thousand (and) six |
Note that in North America the ‘and’ is NOT used, so they say,
two thousand one, two thousand two, and so on.
Subject to that, for dates after 2000 (‘two thousand’ or ‘the year two thousand’ to be clear) the practice is to use:
two thousand and one
two thousand and two
two thousand and three
two thousand and four
The century dates continue up to two thousand nine (2009) then change to:
twenty ten, twenty eleven, twenty twelve (USA) and/or 'two thousand and ten',
'two thousand and eleven'. Both versions are acceptable.
This expression (using twenty) is also used in North American English (sometimes) for the earlier dates 2001 to 2009
but this can cause confusion because ‘twenty-two’ ‘twenty-three’ ‘twenty-four’
sound like the numbers ‘22’ ’23’ and ‘24’.
If you use ‘two thousand and two’ or ‘two thousand two’ your meaning will be clear.
Specific dates:
in North America the practice is to say the month first, then the day, then the year. Thus:
April twenty, 1998 is written: 4/20/1998
May thirty, 2004 is written: 5/30/2004
In most of the rest of the English-speaking world the practice is usually to express the day first, then the month. Thus:
Twentieth of April 1998 is written: 20/4/1998
Thirtieth of May 2004 is written 30/5/2004.
Note that in North American English the day is expressed as a primary number (twenty, thirty) whereas the rest of the English-speaking world uses the ordinal numbers (twentieth, thirtieth).
Exercises Using Numbers and Dates
Introducción Inglés Fonético
El Chavo Inglés Fonético
El Chavo Friends Inglés Fonético
Mario Bros Inglés Fonético
Mario Bros Friends Inglés Fonético
Bob Esponja Inglés Fonético
Kick Buttowski Inglés Fonético
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