How to Say ‘Are they already singing the numbers?’ in Spain Spanish
¿Ya están cantando los números?
ya ehs-tahn kahn-TAHN-doh lohs NOO-meh-rohs
[ya ehs-tahn kahn-TAHN-doh lohs NOO-meh-rohs]
🇪🇸 In Spain: On 22 December, children from Madrid's San Ildefonso school literally sing the winning numbers on live TV all morning. Bars, offices and homes have it on in the background.
Phrase Breakdown
¿Ya están cantando
ya ehs-tahn kahn-TAHN-doh
Are they already calling out
Your voice rises at the end because it's a question. Stress falls on 'es-TÁN'.
¿Ya están cantando los niños?
Are the children already singing?
Words in this phrase
Ya
[ya]
already
By this time or before now.
Ya terminé mi tarea.
I already finished my homework.
están
[ehs-tahn]
they are
The third person plural form of 'estar', indicating an action happening now.
Están resolviendo el problema.
They are solving the problem.
cantando
[kahn-TAHN-doh]
singing
Gerund of 'cantar' (to sing); in the lottery, children sing the numbers.
Los niños están cantando villancicos.
The children are singing carols.
los números?
lohs NOO-meh-rohs
the numbers?
Stress falls on the first syllable: 'NÚ-me-ros'.
Mira los números.
Look at the numbers.
Words in this phrase
los
[lohs]
the
Definite article used with masculine plural nouns.
Los valores de la empresa son muy claros.
The company's values are very clear.
números
[NOO-meh-rohs]
numbers
Plural of 'número'; here, lottery numbers.
Apunto los números premiados.
I write down the winning numbers.
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