Learn Spanish (Latin America): Compro veintiún regalos y veintitrés juguetes. - I buy twenty-one gifts and twenty-three toys.

Compro veintiún regalos y veintitrés juguetes.

I buy twenty-one gifts and twenty-three toys.

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Questions & Answers about Compro veintiún regalos y veintitrés juguetes.

Why is it veintiún and not veintiuno?

In Spanish, the number veintiuno drops the -o and becomes veintiún when it comes right before a masculine noun. Since regalos (gifts) is a masculine word, we use veintiún. This rule applies to any number ending in -uno.

Why do veintiún and veintitrés have accent marks?

When numbers from 16 to 29 are written as a single word, they sometimes need an accent mark to keep the stress on the correct syllable. Numbers like 16, 21, 22, 23, and 26 have accents on the last vowel to show you should emphasize that part of the word when speaking.

Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?

The word "I" is built right into the verb! The base verb comprar means "to buy," and its "I" form is compro. In Spanish, you can usually leave out the subject pronoun yo (I) because the verb's ending already tells us who is doing the action.

If I were buying 21 feminine things, would it still be veintiún?

No! Just like the basic words un and una, any numbers ending in -uno change to match the gender of the noun they describe. If you were buying 21 shirts (camisas, which is feminine), you would say veintiuna camisas.