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Conteo y números

A family of fleas plans a weekend trip across the dog — walking 852 metres and climbing to 2,564. Read the beginner dialogue, tap any word for its meaning and hear every bubble read aloud to practise Spanish numbers in context.

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Three-panel comic. A flea family in a dog's fur plans a weekend visit to the Saltitos family; the father flea traces a route on a map of the dog with the numbers 852 and 2564 metres; below, an elderly couple watch their dog scratching.
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Transcript and translation

  1. Creo que este fin de semana...I think that this weekend...
  2. ... deberíamos visitar a la familia Saltitos.... we should visit the Saltitos.
  3. ¿Cómo llegaremos allí, papi?How will we get there daddy?
  4. Los cinco empezaremos aquí...The five of us will start here...
  5. Caminamos 852 metros de huida...We walk 852 flee meters...
  6. ... hasta que lleguemos a una altura de 2564 metros.... until we get to a height of 2564 flee meters.
  7. Este perro se está rascando mucho...This dog is really scratching...

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Language notes

Count 1 to 20

  1. UnoOne
  2. DosTwo
  3. TresThree
  4. QuatroFour
  5. CincoFive
  6. SeisSix
  7. SieteSeven
  8. OchoEight
  9. NueveNine
  10. DiezTen
  11. OnceEleven
  12. DoceTwelve
  13. TreceThirteen
  14. CatorceFourteen
  15. QuinceFifteen
  16. DieciséisSixteen
  17. DiecisieteSeventeen
  18. DieciochoEighteen
  19. DiecinueveNineteen
  20. VienteTwenty

Count 10-200

  1. DiezTen
  2. VeinteTwenty
  3. TreintaThirty
  4. CuarentaForty
  5. CincuentaFifty
  6. SesentaSixty
  7. SetentaSeventy
  8. OchentaEighty
  9. NoventaNinty
  10. CienOne hundred
  11. Ciento diezOne hundred and ten
  12. Ciento veinteOne hundred and twenty
  13. Ciento treintaOne hundres and thirty
  14. Ciento cuarentaOne hundred and forty
  15. Ciento cincuentaOne hundred and fifty
  16. Ciento sesentaOne hundred and sixty
  17. Ciento setentaOne hundred and seventy
  18. Ciento ochentaOne hundred and eighty
  19. Ciento noventaOne hundred and ninty
  20. DoscientosTwo hundred

Count 1000-3000

  1. MilOne thousand
  2. Dos milTwo thousand
  3. Tres milThree thousand

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