Surely you already know the numbers in English but it is possible that there is some that you do not know his pronunciation. Sometimes English words are difficult to pronounce because it has nothing to do with your writing. For this reason, in this OneHowTo article I will explain how to pronounce numbers in English.
If you want to know how to write them correctly, click here.
Pronunciation of numbers from 1 to 10
1: one / uan /
2: two / chu /
3: three / zri /
4: four / fo: r / * 1
5: five / faiv /
6: six / six /
7: seven / sevan / * 2
8: eight / eit /
9: nine / nain /
10: have / have /
* 1 the or with the two dots means that you have to pronounce one or long
* 2 the pronunciation of the to It is neutral (it is neither an a nor an e nor an o) It is what is called schwa in English.
Pronunciation of numbers from 11 to 19
11: elevate / ilevan / *
12: twelve / tuelf /
13: thirteen / zertiin /
14: fourteen / fourtiin /
15: fifteen / fiftiin /
16: sixteen / sixtiin /
17: seventeen / sevantiin / *
18: eighteen / eitiin /
19: nineteen / naintiin /
* the to of the numbers I have marked are also pronounced with the schwa, with a neutral vowel.
Pronunciation of numbers from 20 to 99
20: twenty / tuenti /
30: thirty / zerti /
40: fourty / forti /
50: fifty / fifti /
60: sixty / sixti /
70: seventy / sevanti / *
80: eighty / eiti /
90: ninety / nainti /
* pronunciation of the schwa
For to pronounce the numbers 21, 22, 23, 24, … or any of the numbers up to 99 you will have to first pronounce the tens (twenty, forty, sixty) and then the units (one, two, three …)
For example if you want to pronounce On 79 you will have to say / seventi nain /
Remember that for write these composite numbers you must write a script in the middle of the two words. In this article we explain it to you: how to write numbers in English
Pronunciation of 100, 200, 300, … up to 1000
100: one hundred / uan jandred /
200: two hundred / chu jandred /
300: three hundred / zri jandred /
400: four hundred / fo: r jandred / *
500: five hundred / faiv jandred /
600: six hundred / six jandred /
700: seven hundred / sevan * jandred / 1
800: eight hundred / eit jandred /
900: nine hundred / nain jandred /
1000: one thousand / uan zausand / * 2
* 1 the first to 700 is a schwa.
* 2 the second to of the number one thousand is neutral, it is also a schwa.
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Advice
- The pronunciation that is written in this article does not use the English phonetic symbols. I have written this pronunciation taking into account how we pronounce in Spanish.