11/25/08

Lesson 1: The numbers in Portuguese- part 1

NUMBERS ( Written form and how to pronounce it )

0 = Zero ( Zehro )
1 = Um ( oohm )
2 = Dois ( Doh-ysh/ Doh-yz [bp] )
3 = Três ( Tray-sh/ Tra-yz [bp])
4 = Quatro ( Kwah-troo/ Kwah-troh [bp] )
5 = Cinco ( Sink-oo / Sink-oh [bp] )
6 = Seis ( Saysh / Sayze [bp] )
7 = Sete ( Seh-te / Seh-chee [bp] )
8 = Oito ( Oy - too )
9 = Nove ( Noh-ve / Noh-vee [bp] )
10 = Dez ( De-sh / Dez [bp] )
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11 = Onze ( Awn-ze / On-zee [bp] )
12 = Doze ( Do-ze / Do-zee [bp] )
13 = Treze ( Tray-ze / Tray-zee [bp] )
14 = Quatorze ( Ka-tohr-ze / Kah-tohr-zee [bp] )
15 = Quinze ( Keen-ze / Keen-zee [bp] )
16 = Dezasseis ( Deza-saysh )/Dezesseis (Dez-ee-sayz ) Bp
17 = Dezassete ( Deza-seh-te )/ Dezessete (Dez-ee-seh-chee ) Bp
18 = Dezoito ( Dez-oy-too / Dez-oy-toh [Bp] )
19 = Dezanove ( Deza-nove ) / Dezenove ( Dez-eh-novee ) Bp
20 = Vinte ( Veen-te / Veen-chee [bp] )
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21 = Vinte e um
22 = Vinte e dois
23 = Vinte e três
24 = Vinte e quatro
25 = Vinte e cinco
26 = Vinte e seis
27 = Vinte e sete
28 = Vinte e oito
29 = Vinte e nove
30 = Trinta ( Treen-tah )
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31= Trinta e um ...
40 = Quarenta ( Kwah-rentah )
41 = Quarenta e um ...
50 = Cinquenta ( Seen-kwen-tah )
51 = Cinquenta e um ...
60 = Sessenta ( Seh-sentah )
61 = Sessenta e um ...
70 = Setenta ( Seh-tentah )
71 = Setenta e um ...
80 = Oitenta ( Oy-tentah )
81 = Oitenta e um
90 = Noventa ( Noh-ventah )
91 = Noventa e um
100 = Cem ( Sayin )


Some words here are a bit hard to pronounce if you've never had any contact with the Portuguese language, so i'll write something about its pronounciation in the upcoming posts...

( bp ) = Brazilian Portuguese





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