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Counting from 0-10 in Mexican Spanish
In this lesson, we’re going to cover counting zero through ten. When it comes to numbers, the Spanish language has some unique characteristics, but there is nothing difficult about them. Let’s see what it’s all about.
0 Cero.
(slow) Ce-ro.
Cero.
1 Un.
(slow) Un.
Un.
If the thing you’re counting is feminine, you say:
1 Una.
(slow) Una.
Una.
2 Dos.
(slow) Dos.
Dos.
3 Tres.
(slow) Tres.
Tres.
4 Cuatro.
(slow) Cu-a-tro
Cuatro.
5 Cinco.
(slow) Cin-co.
Cinco.
6 Seis.
(slow) Se-is.
Seis.
7 Siete.
(slow)Si-e-te.
Siete.
8 Ocho.
(slow) O-cho.
Ocho.
9 Nueve.
(slow) Nu-e-ve
Nueve.
10 Diez.
(slow) Diez.
Diez.
As I already said, only the number 1 changes depending on the gender of what you’re counting.
The words for number one are Un for counting masculine objects and Una for feminine objects. Let’s hear them again:
Un
Una
For example, “one woman” in Spanish will be - una mujer
Let’s break it down:
(slow) U-na mu-jer
Once more:
Una mujer
And “one man” will be: un hombre.
Let’s break it down-
(slow) Un hom-bre
Once more -
Un hombre
The translation for “two women” is: Dos mujeres.
(slow) Dos mu-je-res.
Two men would be Dos hombres.
(slow) Dos hom-bres.
Let’s hear the counting for feminine words again.
Una mujer.
Dos mujeres.
Now for masculine:
Un hombre.
Dos hombres.
Numbers are extremely useful, especially when you’re shopping.
Now let’s imagine you buy one bottle of tequila. You would say:
“One bottle of tequila, please.”
Una botella de tequila, por favor.
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Una bo-te-lla de te-qui-la, por fa-vor.
Once more:
Una botella de tequila, por favor.
Una, as you already know, is the feminine form of the number “one”.
Botella means “bottle.”
(slow) Bo-te-lla.
Botella.
De means “of.”
And tequila is a Mexican alcoholic beverage.
(slow) te-qui-la.
tequila.
At the end, we have por favor, which is translated as "please”.
The whole request, then, is
Una botella de tequila, por favor.
Now let’s imagine you want to buy some delicious dulces de leche, a traditional Mexican sweet, which is a caramelized milk candy. The phrase will sound like this:
Un paquete de dulces de leche, por favor. The English translation will be: “One packet of milk candies, please”.
Let’s break that down:
(slow) Un pa-que-te de dul-ces de le-che, por fa-vor.
Once again:
Un paquete de dulces de leche, por favor.
Un means “one”.
Paquete means “package”.
(slow) Paquete
Paquete
De means “of”
Dulces de leche literally means "milk sweets” or “milk candies”.
(slow) dul-ces de le-che
dulces de leche
At the end there is Por favor, which means “please”.
All together, it’s-
Un paquete de dulces de leche, por favor.
To close out today's lessons, we’d like you to practice what you have just learned. I’ll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you’re responsible for shouting it out loud. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so !buena suerte! which means “Good luck!” in Spanish.
“One woman.”
(3 sec) Una mujer.
(slow) U-na mu-jer.
Una mujer.
“One man.”
(3 sec) Un hombre.
(slow) Un hom-bre.
Un hombre.
“Two women.”
(3 sec) Dos mujeres.
(slow) Dos mu-je-res
Dos mujeres.
“Two men.”
(3 sec) Dos hombres.
(slow) Dos hom-bres.
Dos hombres.
“One bottle of tequila, please.”
(3 sec) Una botella de tequila, por favor.
(slow) Una bo-te-lla de te-qui-la, por fa-vor.
Una botella de tequila, por favor.
“One packet of milk candies, please”
(3 sec) Un paquete de dulces de leche, por favor.
(slow) Un pa-que-te de dul-ces de le-che, por fa-vor.
Un paquete de dulces de leche, por favor.
Alright! That's going to do it for this lesson. Hasta luego.

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