Learn the key pattern to give your phone number
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| Let's take a closer look at the conversation. |
| Do you remember how the civil servant says, |
| "Your phone number, please." |
| Alma Villanueva Rojas: Su número de teléfono, por favor. |
| Let's start with número de teléfono, meaning "phone number." Número de teléfono. |
| First is número. "Number." Número (enunciated). Número. |
| Note: In Spanish, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Número is masculine and singular — a fact that determines the form of other words in the sentence. |
| Next is De. "Of." De (enunciated). De. |
| Last is teléfono. "Phone." Teléfono (enunciated). Teléfono. |
| Note: Teléfono translates as "telephone" or "phone." We'll use the abbreviated version, "phone" as this will include various kinds of phones, including mobile phones, landlines, and so forth. |
| Together, it's número de teléfono. This literally means "number of telephone" or "telephone's number," but it translates as "phone number." Número de teléfono. |
| Before this is su, meaning "your," in this formal context. Su (enunciated). Su. |
| Note su fundamentally means "his," "hers," or "its," but it's also a formal way to say "your" when speaking to someone directly using formal Spanish. |
| Now, you might be more familiar with tu, an informal word for "your," as in tu número de teléfono, "your phone number (informal)." As this is a city office setting, the formal form, su, is more appropriate. |
| All together, su número de teléfono literally means "your number of phone," but it translates as "your phone number." Su número de teléfono. |
| Last is por favor, meaning "please." Por favor (enunciated). Por favor. |
| All together, it's Su número de teléfono, por favor. "Your phone number, please." |
| Alma Villanueva Rojas: Su número de teléfono, por favor. |
| Remember this request. You’ll hear it again later. |
| Let's take a closer look at the response. |
| Do you remember how Mark says, |
| "My phone number is 50-5534-2112." |
| Mark Lee: Mi número de teléfono es 50-5534-2112 (cinco cero, cinco cinco tres cuatro, dos uno uno dos). |
| Do you remember how to say "phone number?" |
| Número de teléfono. "Phone number." Número de teléfono. |
| Before this is mi, meaning "my." Mi (enunciated). Mi. |
| Together, it's Mi número de teléfono, "my phone number." Mi número de teléfono. |
| Next is es, "is," as in "my phone number is." Es (enunciated). Es. |
| Es is from the verb, ser, "to be." Ser. |
| Together, it's Mi número de teléfono es… "My phone number is…." Mi número de teléfono es… |
| Next is Mark's phone number. 50-5534-2112 (cinco cero, cinco cinco tres cuatro, dos uno uno dos). |
| 50-5534-2112 (cinco cero, cinco cinco tres cuatro, dos uno uno dos). |
| In Mexico, the most common way of giving your phone number is two digits at a time; however, giving your phone number one digit at a time is perfectly understandable. After each group of digits, include a short pause in place of the hyphen. |
| For example, |
| 50-5534-2112 (cinco cero, cinco cinco tres cuatro, dos uno uno dos). |
| All together, it's Mi número de teléfono es 50-5534-2112 (cinco cero, cinco cinco tres cuatro, dos uno uno dos). "My phone number is 50-5534-2112 ." |
| Mark Lee: Mi número de teléfono es 50-5534-2112 (cinco cero, cinco cinco tres cuatro, dos uno uno dos). |
| The pattern is |
| Mi número de teléfono es {PHONE NUMBER}. |
| "My phone number is {PHONE NUMBER}." |
| Mi número de teléfono es {PHONE NUMBER}. |
| To use this pattern, simply replace the {PHONE NUMBER} placeholder with your phone number. |
| Imagine your phone number is 12-3256-7800. Uno dos, tres dos cinco seis, siete ocho cero cero. (enunciated). Uno dos, tres dos cinco seis, siete ocho cero cero. |
| Say |
| "My phone number is 12-3256-7800." |
| Ready? |
| Alma Villanueva Rojas: Mi número de teléfono es 12-3256-7800 (uno dos, tres dos cinco seis, siete ocho cero cero). |
| "My phone number is 12-3256-7800." |
| Alma Villanueva Rojas: Mi número de teléfono es 12-3256-7800 (uno dos, tres dos cinco seis, siete ocho cero cero). |
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