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The Portuguese word for “ten” is “dez,” but how exactly is that pronounced? I went to the gas station to fill up my motorcycle with “dez reais de gasolina” (ten reals of gasoline). But when I spoke to the pump attendant, I had to repeat myself a few times. Then finally he exclaimed, “ah, dez reais.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The word “dez” (ten) is pronounced “des.” Imagine you were going to pronounce the word “desk” and then leave up the “k”: dez. Say “des.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But at some point, I thought that the pronunciation of “dez” was “dayz” and not “des.” Why was this? To understand why I made this error, let’s look at all the numbers in Portuguese from 1 to 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One = um\/uma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two = dois\/duas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three = tres<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four = quatro<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five = cinco<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six = Seis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven = sete<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight = oito<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nine = nove<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten = dez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eleven = onze<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twelve = Doze<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirteen = treze<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourteen = Quatorze<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fifteen = Quinze<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sixteen = Dezesseis <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seventeen = Dezessete<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eighteen = Dezeoito<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nineteen = Dezenove<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twenty = Vinte<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you can see above, starting from sixteen, all the numbers are a combination of ten and a unit. Example, sixteen is dezesseis which means dez (ten) e (and) seis (six). In other word dezesseis means “ten and six.” And of course we know that ten and six or ten plus six is equal to sixteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the catch. The word dez by itself is pronounced “des,” but when combined with other numbers to make “teenage” numbers, it is pronounced dayz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten = dez (des)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sixteen = desesseis (dayz-eh-says)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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