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12 - Doze [doh-zee]
13 - Treze [tray-zee]
14 - Catorze [ka-tor-zee]
15 - Quinze [keen-zee]
16 - Dezesseis [deh-zeh-seiss]
17 - Dezessete [chee-zeh-seh-chee]
18 - Dezoito [chee-zoy-too]
19 - Dezenove [chee-zeh-noh-vee]
20 - Vinte [veen-tchee]
In order to carry on after number 20 what you should do is: Vinte e um (21), vinte
e dois (22), vinte e três (23), etc..
Write 3 long phone numbers in a piece of paper and say them in groups of 2
numbers, as fast as you can
(e.g. 12, 15, 17, etc).
You must spend at least another 15 minutes with these 10 numbers only, before
you move forward. In order to achieve results in how to pronounce Portuguese
numbers, you should read the pronunciation tips in brackets.
In this next stage, you will be learning how to pronounce numbers from 10
to 100 in tens.
10 - Dez [day-ss]
20 - Vinte [veen-chee]
30 - Trinta [treen-tah]
40 - Quarenta [kwa-ren-tah]
50 - Cinquenta [cin-kwen-tah]
60 - Sessenta [seh-sen-tah]
70 - Setenta [seh-tayn-tah]
80 - Oitenta [oy-tayn-tah ]
90 - Noventa [noo-vayn-tah]
After 100 what you do is cento e um (101), cento e dois (102), cento e três
(103), cento e trinta, (130), cento e quarenta e cinco (145), etc.
After 100 you must say "cento", like cento e um (101), cento e dois (102), etc..
Now read those numbers again, but backwards. Write them down the
way you say them. Then check them out if you said them correctly.
Write 3 long phone numbers on a piece of paper and say them in groups of 2
numbers, as fast as you can (e.g. 12, 55, 87, etc).
You must spend at least another 15 minutes with these numbers before you move
forward. That's a good way to get to know how to pronounce Portuguese numbers,
without hassle.
You are further than half way of learning how to pronounce Portuguese numbers.
So, let's go!
Nicolas Orlandi | +55 47 99668 3040
nick.studioidiomas@gmail.com
www.studioidiomas.com
100 - Cem [ceing].
Please notice that you must connect hundreds with tens and units with e, like 368
= trezentos e sessenta e oito.
Now read those numbers again, but backwards again. Write them down
the way you say them. Then check them out if you said them correctly.
You must spend at least about 10 minutes with these numbers before you move
forward. Remember that your knowledge of how to pronounce Portuguese numbers
is getting broader and broader.
You know the numbers up to 10, from 10 to 20, from 20 to 100, and from 100 to
1000.
Now, to go beyond that, all you need is revision. The reason I'm saying this is:
So the way you say 2000 is "dois mil", and 3000 is "três mil", and so on.
Now, you just need to learn how to say "a million", and "a billion" in Portuguese.
In Brazilian Portuguese you write "bilhão" but the pronunciation is pretty much the
same.
Note: You might have noticed that I separated the millions from the thousands
with a "dot". In Portuguese you do the opposite as in English. You separate
Thousands from hundreds with "pontos" (dots), and decimal numbers with
"vírgulas" (commas).
Like this:
Portuguese English
23.487.286.842,14 23,487,286,842.14
Exercise them often. Maybe "duas" or "três" times a day, before you go on holidays
or before you meet your Portuguese speaking friends.
You can practise them now, by reading the following numbers in loud voice: