Counting in any language is important as you will need to ask for things and count money etc. Start by leaning to count to ten, learn a new number everyday, and repeat each number from 1 to the number you have learnt that day.

Here are the numbers 1-20 in Spanish, the letters in bold indicate the part of the word to be stressed, the pronunciation is in the brackets and is written as you would say it in English.

1 Uno [oono]
2 Dos [doss]
3 Tres [tress]
4 Cuatro [kwatro]
5 Cinco [theenko
6 Seis [say-eess]
7 Siete [s-yaytay]
8 Ocho [ocho]
9 Nueve [nwaybay]
10 Diez [d-yeth]
11 Once [onthay]
12 Doce [dothay]
13 Trece [traythay]
14 Catorce [katorthay]
15 Quince [keenthay]
16 Dieciséis [d-yetheesay-eess]
17 Diecisiete [d-yethees-yaytay]
18 Dieciocho [d-yethee-ocho]
19 Diecinueve [d-yetheenwaybay]
20 Veinte [bay-eentay]