Getting Stuck with Spanish Numbers
Okay so here’s what happened yesterday – I was trying to read some Spanish recipe that had measurements like “trescientos gramos” and man, I completely froze up. My brain totally blanked on what trescientos even meant. This kept happening whenever numbers popped up in conversations too.
Making My Practice Chart
Grabbed a notebook and colored pens this morning. First I listed all Spanish numbers from 1 to 10:
- uno
- dos
- tres…
Then tackled the scary tens section – wrote veinte, treinta, cuarenta all the way to cien. Made messy little boxes around the hundreds section cause I kept mixing up quinientos vs seiscientos. Took like four tries to get the chart right without scribbles!
How I Actually Practiced
Did this real simple routine:
- Stared at my chart for five minutes going “diez, once, doce” like a broken robot
- Covered it with my hand and tried shouting random numbers in Spanish
- When I screwed up (soooo many times), peeked at my cheat sheet
Kept tripping over numbers like 98 – kept saying “ochenta y ocho” instead of “noventa y ocho”. Practiced those troublemakers ten times each until my tongue stopped twisting.
What Finally Clicked
After like forty minutes repeating like a parrot, something weird happened. My brain started connecting cinco (5) with cincuenta (50) automatically. Tested myself by reading grocery prices out loud without peeking at my chart – only messed up twice this time! Still slow at big numbers, but man that chart made me feel way less dumb.
Would totally recommend scribbling your own cheat sheet when learning numbers. Just don’t be like me and almost tear it up when you can’t remember setenta again!
