Read decimals aloud in English by pronouncing the decimal point as "point", then read each digit individually. Read fractions using the cardinal number for the numerator and the ordinal number for the denominator, making the ordinal number plural if the numerator is larger than 1. Percentages are easy to read aloud in English. To read a sum of money, first read the whole number, then add the currency name. If there is a decimal, follow with the decimal pronounced as a whole number, and if coinage has a name in the currency, add that word at the end. Note that normal decimals are not read in this way.
Reading years in English is relatively complicated. In general, when the year is a four digit number, read the first two digits as a whole number, then the second two digits as another whole number. There are a few exceptions to this rule. Years that are within the first 100 years of a new millenium can be read as whole numbers even though they have four digits, or they can be read as two two-digit numbers. Millennia are always read as whole numbers because they would be difficult to pronounce otherwise. New centuries are read as whole numbers of hundreds. Years that have just three digits can be read as a three digit number, or as a one digit number followed by a two-digit number. Years that are a two digit number are read as a whole number. You can precede any year by the words "the year" to make your meaning clear, and this is common for two and three digit years.
There are several ways to pronounce the number 0, used in different contexts. Unfortunately, usage varies between different English-speaking countries. When you are learning a new language, there seem to be innumerable words! But you can count on us to help. One set of important words in English is vocabulary for numbers. Here are the basics!
Alapvető számnevek
Numbers from 1-10 in English
The number one tip for learning the numbers is that you should start small. The number words in English do not change with different nouns. For example, you can say I have two pizzas and I have two children. However, if you only have one of something, you might not say one unless you want it to be clear that you have just one. Instead of I have one pizza, you’ll more often say I have a pizza.
Numbers from 10-20 in English
Once you get past 10 in English, there are the slightly odd numbers 11 and 12. The word eleven originally meant “one left over (from ten)” in Old English and twelve meant “two left over.” After the word twelve, English numbers have a rather transparent pattern: quantity above 10 + -teen. For example, 16 is sixteen, or six + -teen (6+10). In English, if you are 20 years old, you would say I am twenty.
Nagyságok 20-100
For the numbers higher than 20, there are more patterns to look for. For the tens words (30, 40, 50, etc), the English words have the ending -ty (as in thirty for 30 and forty for 40). Just as with one of something, when you have 100 of an item, you can say a hundred instead of one hundred. The use of one hundred is more precise, while a hundred is somewhat vague. As with 1 and 100, you can say one thousand or a thousand for 1,000. In English, a comma is placed after the thousands numeral, while many other languages use a period. For example, in English you write There are 22,500 students at the university. For really large numbers, you might encounter some differences depending on the dialect of English!
English but a thousand million in British English. English, the number with 12 zeros is a trillion but is called a billion in the U.K.… which, of course, can lead to confusion!
Kardinális és ordinális számnevek
In addition to these cardinal numbers, you’ll also need ordinal numbers. Most ordinal numbers in English have the ending -th, but there are a few other patterns to know. Numbers ending in 1: Any number that ends in one uses the word first for the ordinal number. This comes from the Old English word meaning “foremost.” You’ll see these numbers abbreviated with the ending -st, like 1st, 21st, and 431st. Note that if the number ends in eleven, you’ll instead use -th: 11th, 111th, 3,711th, etc.
Numbers ending in 2: Any number that ends in two uses the word second for the ordinal number, from the Latin word meaning “following.” These are abbreviated with the digit and the ending -nd. Here also, there is an exception: You’ll use -th for numbers ending in twelve: 12th, 112th, 812th, etc.
Numbers ending in 3: Any number that ends in three uses the word third for the ordinal number. These numbers are abbreviated with the digit and the ending -rd. Now you have about a hundred new words for the numbers in English. Can you count in English?
Gyakorlati alkalmazások
Learning to pronounce and write numbers in a new language is important for communicating information like a phone number or everyday activities, like ordering at a restaurant. In this quick guide, we’ll learn how to write, spell, and pronounce the English numbers one through to one hundred (1-100).
English numbers come from its two root languages, French and German. If you’re a native speaker of a Germanic or Romance language, many of these will sound familiar. If you’re not, we’ll still have you up to speed in no time. What are the numbers 1 to 100?
Below, we’ve shared the numbers 1-100. We’ve broken them down into sets of 10 so you can familiarise yourself with them in small quantities. We have given you the numeral (or figure), the English spelling, and the pronunciation for all one hundred numbers.
1-10 és a kiejtés
0 zero ZEEUH-roh; 1 one wuhn; 2 two too; 3 three three; 4 four fawr; 5 five fyi; 6 six six; 7 seven SEV-en; 8 eight ayt; 9 nine nine; 10 ten ten.
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Számlálási szabályok és nemzetközi különbségek
Numbers 11-20: 11 eleven ee-LEV-en; 12 twelve TWELV; 13 thirteen THUR-teen; 14 fourteen FAWR-teen; 15 fifteen FIF-teen; 16 sixteen SIX-teen; 17 seventeen SEV-en-teen; 18 eighteen AYE-teen; 19 nineteen NIN-teen; 20 twenty TWEN-tee.
Az áttörő minták folytatódnak 21-50 között, ahol a tízesek szavai a -ty végződést viselik és kötőjellel kapcsolódik az egyesekhez: például 21 twenty-one, 45 forty-five, 99 ninety-nine.