Numbers and counting in Valencian
56 words Valencian words on the topic “numbers and counting”: un — one, dos — two, tres — three, quatre — four. 56 words can be played from recordings.
56 words on the topic
- unoneMasculine: un cafè. About a woman or a feminine thing — una. There is no full uno for counting
- dostwoIt does not change by gender: dos cafès and dos cases alike
- tresthreeHence trimestre — three months — and triple
- quatrefourThe qu reads k, the u stays silent: KWA-treh. Its neighbor què is the question-word what
- cincfiveThe final c goes voiceless and sounds k: sink
- sissixSixteen is setze, literally ten-six: the teens are plain fusions
- setsevenThe same word means thirst: tinc set — I'm thirsty, literally I have thirst
- huiteightThe Valencian huit — with an h, like hui: a hallmark of the norm; central Valencian says vuit. Eighteen is divuit
- nounineThe same word means new: un llibre nou. Only the context tells them apart
- deutenNineteen is dinou, literally ten-nine: tens come first
- onzeelevenA fusion of ten-one: the teens are built with no and in between
- dotzetwelveTen-two. Hence dotzenat, a dozen
- tretzethirteenTen-three. Stress at the end: tre-TZE
- catorzefourteenTen-four, and nothing in the word recalls quatre — the fusion has its own shape
- quinzefifteenTen-five. A les quinze — at fifteen hundred, railway style
- setzesixteenTen-six in one word — no Spanish-style diaeresis anywhere
- dissetseventeenTen-seven. The first half is deu, the ten — not set, the seven
- divuiteighteenTen-eight — written with the Valencian huit; the central norm spells it vuit
- dinounineteenTen-nine: the ten always comes first
- vinttwentyTwenty on its own. From twenty-one an i joins in: vint-i-u
- trentathirtyA plain ten-fold: tren-ta, no surprises in the shape
- quarantafortyIts neighbor quatre, four, hides inside by history only
- cinquantafiftyShares its stem with cinc, five, and cinc-cents, five hundred
- seixantasixtyOpened by seis, six; the rest is just the ten-ending
- setantaseventyset, seven, plus the ten-tail — the whole decade row is built this way
- huitantaeightyWith the Valencian huit inside — the central norm spells huitanta as vuitanta
- norantaninetyNot nou-anta but nor-: the one irregular decade
- centhundredPlural cents when counted: dos-cents. Alone it stays cent
- milthousandDoes not take a plural: dos mil — two thousand, never miles
- miliómillionThe one big number with a plural: dos milions
- zerozeroA look-alike on every sign; temperature included: zero graus
- el primerfirstThe first ordinal is its own word — from Latin primus. The feminine is primera
- el segonsecondSecond in line — and the second of time shares the word
- el tercerthirdThird; the feminine is tercera. Tercer món — the third world
- l'últimlastThe final one in the row: l'últim tren — the last train
- quant?how muchWith an accent when it asks: quant costa? Without one it is the conjunction as much as
- la parellapairA pair of anything — and a couple: una parella jove
- la peçapieceThe unit-word: fifty cents apiece — cinquanta cèntims la peça. Also the piece of clothing
- el per centpercentWritten as two words, said as one idea: el deu per cent — the ten percent
- cadaeveryNever takes an article after it: cada matí — every morning, cada dia
- dos-centstwo hundredLiterally two hundreds: the hundred agrees in gender — dos-cents, dos-centes
- tres-centsthree hundredCent is a hundred, and the tens word simply carries it along
- quatre-centsfour hundredquatre plus cents — no fusion, no surprises
- cinc-centsfive hundredFive hundred — the same stem as cinquanta, fifty
- sis-centssix hundredsis plus cents, exactly as it looks
- set-centsseven hundredFrom set, seven: set-cents. Read as one word, stress on -cents
- huit-centseight hundredWith the Valencian huit — the central norm writes vuit-cents
- nou-centsnine hundrednou plus cents; the last of the hundreds
- quartfourthThe ordinal fourth — also a quarter of an hour: un quart. The suffix -ordinal marks the dictionary entry
- cinquèfifthOrdinal fifth; note the written accent: cinquè
- sisèsixthA short word, stress at the end: si-ZEH. Feminine sisena
- setèseventhSuh-TEH. The row keeps going easily: cinquè, sisè, setè… — the stress always at the end
- huitèeighthOrdinal eighth, Valencian spelling — huitè; central Valencian writes vuitè
- novèninthFrom nou, nine: novè — no-VEH. Do not mix it up with nou, 'new': the stress divides them
- desètenthFrom deu, ten: desè — duh-ZEH. The tenth page is la desena pàgina: the feminine ends in -ena
- centèsimhundredthOrdinal hundredth — centèsim; the base is cent
How it sounds in a sentence
A word list is a blank. Conversation is made of sentences, and these are the ones the words fit into most often.
- Només en queda unOnly one is left
- Som dos, hi ha taula?There are two of us, is there a table?
- L'autobús passa cada tres minutsThe bus runs every three minutes
- Vivim al número quatreWe live at number four
- Ens veiem a les cinc a la plaçaSee you at five on the square
- Entre setmana em llevo a les sisOn weekdays I get up at six
What is worth knowing about these words
un — one. Masculine: un cafè. About a woman or a feminine thing — una. There is no full uno for counting
dos — two. It does not change by gender: dos cafès and dos cases alike
tres — three. Hence trimestre — three months — and triple
quatre — four. The qu reads k, the u stays silent: KWA-treh. Its neighbor què is the question-word what
Test yourself
First by ear — the way you will meet the word in conversation. Click the speaker and pick the translation.
- What is this word?
It is un — one.
- What is this word?
It is sis — six.
- What is this word?
It is onze — eleven.
- What is this word?
It is setze — sixteen.
- What is this word?
It is trenta — thirty.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “one” in Valencian?
Masculine: un cafè. About a woman or a feminine thing — una. There is no full uno for counting
- How do you say “six” in Valencian?
Sixteen is setze, literally ten-six: the teens are plain fusions
- How do you say “eleven” in Valencian?
A fusion of ten-one: the teens are built with no and in between
- How do you say “sixteen” in Valencian?
Ten-six in one word — no Spanish-style diaeresis anywhere
- How do you say “thirty” in Valencian?
A plain ten-fold: tren-ta, no surprises in the shape
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
A price, the change, a house number, the time you agreed on, the floor. Numbers are the first thing you have to catch by ear — and the first thing people say fast.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- This holds not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “one” in Valencian?
«un». Masculine: un cafè. About a woman or a feminine thing — una. There is no full uno for counting. It is one of 56 words in the set “numbers and counting” — the rest are in the table above.
How many numbers do you need to start?
A dozen is enough. The set of 56 words on this page covers nearly every everyday case on the topic — but it is best taken a few at a time, not all at once.
Is there audio?
Yes, 56 words on this page can be played — click the speaker next to the word. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.