Capítulo 1
Personal I.D.
Cumpleaños y edad
Hagan ahora: ¿Recuerden?
Escriben la palabra por cada
número en español.
10
20
30
40
50
60
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Hagan ahora
(answers)
10
diez
20
veinte
30
treinta
40
cuarenta
50
cincuenta
60
sesenta
Extension: State and explain
how to say/write the following
numbers in Spanish
16-19
21-29
31-39
41-49
51-59
16-19
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



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
16
17
18
19
=
=
=
=
dieciseis
diecisiete
dieciocho
diecinueve
Numbers are spelled as one word.
Numbers are spoken as one word.
Numbers are a compound of 10 and 6, 7, 8,
9.
21-29









21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
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=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
veintiuno
veintidos
veintitres
veinticuatro
veinticinco
veintiseis
veintisiete
veintiocho
veintinueve
21-29 (cont.)
Numbers are spelled as one word.
 Numbers are spoken as one word.
 Numbers are a compound of 20 and
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

31-39









31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
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=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
treinta y uno
treinta y dos
treinta y tres
treinta y cuatro
treinta y cinco
treinta y seis
treinta y siete
treinta y ocho
treinta y nueve
31-39 (cont.)
Numbers are spelled as three words.
 Numbers are spoken as one word.
 Numbers are a compound of 30 and
1, 2, 3...

41-49









41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
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=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
cuarenta y uno
cuarenta y dos
cuarenta y tres
cuarenta y cuatro
cuarenta y cinco
cuarenta y seis
cuarenta y siete
cuarenta y ocho
cuarenta y nueve
41-49 (cont.)
Numbers are spelled as three words.
 Numbers are spoken as one word.
 Numbers are a compound of 40 and
1, 2, 3...

51-59









51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
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=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
cincuenta y uno
cincuenta y dos
cincuenta y tres
cincuenta y cuatro
cincuenta y cinco
cincuenta y seis
cincuenta y siete
cincuenta y ocho
cincuenta y nueve
51-59 (cont.)
Numbers are spelled as three words.
 Numbers are spoken as one word.
 Numbers are a compound of 50 and
1, 2, 3…

Apuntes de gramática:
Los cumpleaños

To ask someone their birthday in Spanish,
we ask:


¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
Your birthday is a singular day. However,
the word “cumpleaños” ends in an “s”
because it is a compound word.


cumple
años
=
=
completed
years
Apuntes de gramática:
Los cumpleaños

To begin your response to tell
someone your birthday, you say:


Mi cumpleaños es…
Then, add in your birthdate in the
Spanish format
the day, the month, the year
 Don’t forget your definite article and
prepositions!

Apuntes de gramática:
Los cumpleaños

To ask when someone’s birthday is,
you say:

¿Cuándo es el cumpleaños de
________?
Remember: Spanish does not use an
apostrophe to show possession.
 Spanish uses the preposition “de” to
show possession.


The birthday of ________.
Apuntes de gramática:
Los cumpleaños

When saying a birth year in Spanish,
we state the entire number.


ex.) For 2014, we would say “two
thousand fourteen” in Spanish.
Examples:
2014
 2000
 2003
 1990

dos mil catorce
dos mil
dos mil tres
mil noveciento noventa
Apuntes de gramática:
La edad

To ask someone how old they are,
you say:


To tell how old you are, you say:


¿Cuántos años tienes?
Yo tengo _____ años.
To tell how old someone is, you say:

(name) tiene ____ años.
Apuntes de gramática:
La edad

Remember: In Spanish, we express
how many years we have.

This is a play off of the word
cumpleaños meaning “completed
years.”
Apuntes de gramática
TENER = To have
Yo
tengo
Tú
tienes
Él/Ella/Ud.
tiene
THIS IS AN IRREGULAR VERB. ITS FORMS MUST BE MEMORIZED.
Ticket Out the Door

One person per partnership:
CAREFULLY fold a piece of loose-leaf
horizontally and tear it in half. Give
the other half to your partner. Write
your name and today’s date on your
half.

State your name, age, and birthday
in Spanish using complete
sentences.