Beyond 1005 w& L/ |0 R( l2 k
Do you remember those good old days before the euro's arrival in Italy when you would pay a few thousand lire for admission to a museum or a cappuccino and biscotti? Tourists needed more than just the numbers up to 100 to get around. Lire are history, but learning numbers greater than 100 might still prove useful. Though they might seem unwieldy, after a bit of practice you'll be rolling them off your tongue like a pro.
' G* V/ P( u5 y) E ITALIAN CARDINAL NUMBERS: 100 AND GREATER0 I, C6 U1 M4 f. |+ s
100, ^4 ~. m4 t; F1 `
cento, g+ Z$ ?8 G* f, o
CHEN-toh
' T; o. f" @& b% z3 j! s9 f2 t 1013 N9 h7 w4 Z: b0 c
centouno/centuno# C1 i' G5 j9 Y, O
cheh-toh-OO-noh/chehn-TOO-noh
! d' @5 h3 Y4 D" w+ `7 T 1504 x! q2 f: g& T, d
centocinquanta2 p( Y# G: T( [
cheh-toh-cheen-KWAHN-tah. D1 g5 O0 L$ Q9 z# E* f
200
, X, y8 ]3 n' x7 ~ duecento# @& r# B$ K, E* y/ c$ j j# P
doo-eh-CHEN-toh/ R5 {3 F$ C2 s# h3 q
300( @- Q' X- [0 q2 Z# S1 p" a# Y' F( }
trecento3 e) R6 w. F- L6 L9 q) G/ F
treh-CHEN-toh
. w; D# I8 C: O* U5 @ 400! i6 E) j _* L' M5 C# y
quattrocento$ H. d$ o9 d. m
kwaht-troh-CHEN-toh( c6 s/ E6 ^4 u5 n. {
500
" l% i* [1 q# `; d8 V cinquecento2 a3 D' l% C8 x" Z5 S
cheen-kweh-CHEN-toh8 q9 J2 X% Y4 b, e1 z H
600
( ~- i$ ~1 M1 f# k; V seicento
, `( R: W, S. ] seh-ee-CHEN-toh
T3 L* l, `! Q) h R# v 700
+ W/ Y0 {) k+ g* p/ a. } settecento# f4 U' F! V1 @; h/ i3 r
set-the-CHEN-toh s G- t' B" P
800# ]: _6 e; A; n4 J
ottocento
/ ?- D, T2 n2 o$ g( w oht-toh-CHEN-toh" g+ ]$ E% k8 O, C/ ?7 n5 r7 a
9005 h) F, c& X/ l' E
novecento% k5 @/ a( O* d, [4 f; [# S
noh-veh-CHEN-toh
! w9 b" h# f8 j+ D& Q 1.000' z6 K3 X' I' g: j: Y
mille1 b. Z" o, U# ?$ E! y
MEEL-leh* E2 m8 V: i, Y8 i- K8 J5 H" s- q
1.001, y" l, Y# A1 o! j1 u9 _5 y, A
milleuno
5 L2 J( \& a5 `' Z" o3 w meel-leh-OO-noh& m- K# B o% e0 | w
1.2008 O3 R1 d/ q5 v/ x1 O% e0 V$ F6 m3 U" }
milleduecento/ _7 k3 b0 W7 r# F0 p
meel-leh-doo-eh-CHEN-toh+ d% ?3 ]# ^5 [, e% y$ n
2.000; }+ P9 l5 f2 k
duemila
! ]* e7 J) ~. ~1 } doo-eh-MEE-lah
3 c* q ~+ p! j$ E* p! Q 10.0005 [9 N1 O3 ]2 `6 P$ V
diecimila
* g7 F# I1 y+ _ dee-eh-chee-MEE-lah
' b/ ]# {) u$ Y+ ?( _% o 15.000+ p: Z/ K) w, ]- b/ y& _* i7 }/ {2 N# b
quindicimila
; E9 \2 \& b3 y0 _8 { kween-dee-chee-MEE-lah
3 q5 I4 d, e3 O( m) }- Q; A 100.000
* u( N" R& W7 Z [$ I3 J; _ centomila
b& U& t! p8 ` chen-toh-mee-leh1 S* z$ t) y3 H- O
1.000.000
p( @' J( ^% y$ V X" p0 _& H un milione) |7 ^- v# S- n# l/ k! @3 B
OON mee-lee-OH-neh
9 {2 I) V2 m6 |& H" {6 d& o 2.000.000& t* u3 N; }2 d) |4 H5 i0 H
due milioni
! O+ r( F0 r% B6 @ DOO-eh mee-lee-OH-neh O( g2 @5 T6 S) ^$ W
1.000.000.0005 r6 J7 ]* |$ t
un miliardo: N. I1 {: s# G0 P: n
OON mee-lee-ARE-doh5 l2 W8 l+ G4 @: v; c i9 N2 E
You can place items in "order" with ordinal numbers. For instance, il primo is the first course on a menu and il secondo is the second course. Vittorio Emanuele III, who ruled the unified Italian nation from 1900 to 1946, was the third king with that name. Pope Paul V (1605-1621) was the fifth pope with the name Paul. When used with the numerical succession of kings, popes, and emperors, the ordinal numbers are capitalized:
G0 s6 I% w& D/ U Vittorio Emanuele Secondo (Vittorio Emanuele II)0 o0 F9 C7 s0 j$ Y
Leone Nono (Leone IX)
/ O. i( j/ F4 H5 R# A( y2 F1 f1 [ Carlo Quinto (Carlo V)
, A+ ~( z- i8 t! x) M% } diciottesimo secolo (eighteenth century)1 Z% w# t' q6 L8 t% @5 @& g& g
ITALIAN ORDINAL NUMBERS
0 d( M& W+ h5 M7 s, M, W6 r8 b2 P first5 k, v2 \$ t: S" p% a, Y* B, Y
primo5 J! R% u9 S/ b; l4 r/ H
second
- @. E* g( C! t( i% Z4 I+ S secondo
8 \% g. X. h& R! H5 G* w s) X' z third" q8 j1 K! A" ^7 c/ a$ y
terzo- L2 n% R ^) i
fourth
" i d$ P! w( \) |& f/ u quarto7 C8 P$ T6 _ _( r [* }( O
fifth" _; q. L( W5 K4 x5 M: t w
quinto
& x- C, j! ^% |- Z sixth
, p) N& i# d& u. d7 j! @ sesto
9 Y4 s! K8 A" H$ ~ seventh
( w5 E% s7 ^' T: g+ m settimo; H) A! ^9 R+ {
eighth, \8 k! ~- {8 ?, S& w; s5 h/ f+ C
ottavo' W1 d% }/ s: d9 g9 h
ninth0 U( B4 e. W5 d- {% ?% z: s
nono
) f0 _+ Z# n9 y4 e8 ^ tenth
9 Q# X' u5 f4 W- z5 I decimo9 V; ~9 V8 r6 s9 P0 L8 m4 |
eleventh
/ f* C; @$ y A. x) F undicesimo
3 ]+ T- L) q) h7 L9 L' w twelfth
+ O# r! G2 t1 h* s( a dodicesimo
0 ~: W/ q3 X# T t$ [9 G9 f6 B3 }2 b0 Q thirteenth
) W7 }4 V2 o: t n tredicesimo9 k% z" a0 |2 I) s1 P' M; Z" i) \
fourteenth- A" C4 i& l% Z1 x9 t4 \. x0 _
quattordicesimo
1 a2 X( L; P. ^- J/ ~0 L4 h fifteenth" V; c/ [* V' y5 f/ [; f6 D
quindicesimo
: u1 i0 ?( B* Q sixteenth
$ K( F5 D8 h7 b5 Q sedicesimo
( E0 B/ l. Q8 ~3 H& O seventeenth8 X) v, t/ O9 e" R' e6 W3 I
diciassettesimo; w9 T4 C. W4 o2 H! b$ U1 N* Q
eighteenth
! |% N; V7 y1 T3 K ?: } diciottesimo6 h+ ]% W; `1 A
nineteenth
^' S! p- d r' l+ n9 i+ A) p diciannovesimo: @* C9 e9 Q/ {0 V+ M1 u: }$ {/ m
twentieth$ K& |9 z# B2 k/ k
ventesimo* C) T: e6 f( s" Z& ^; j
twenty-first$ V" i' r/ A, ?( `: `, R
ventunesimo |/ l; t4 K P- ~. ^6 }& N) ]3 Z
twenty-third- M( r: K2 Z, g- S4 ^7 {
ventitreesimo/ O8 b$ M7 V! ^8 E" @2 s5 x. J% w- n
hundredth
3 \0 F( D. U+ n% W7 M5 Y0 U( {& W4 s centesimo7 k9 p$ D* L& A- l! @* I- s: _
thousandth
: I ]8 x! f: F) W. F9 |% \/ r9 ] millesimo
* P% A O& y- w! o two thousandth
8 c5 C2 F/ O+ n- _ duemillesimo' z, _& f/ B4 w
three thousandth
' c* K U7 [1 S% b# \# v, x tremillesimo
6 X* @1 \' m; j" l% c. p; ]6 m one millionth7 M5 ~; d; f' W3 V) r
milionesimo& F2 \! T/ A7 {6 U6 a
Notice the regularity of ordinal numbers beginning with undicesimo—the suffix -esimo is added to the cardinal numbers by dropping the final vowel of the cardinal number. The one exception includes numbers ending in -tré. Those numbers drop their accent and are unchanged when -esimo is added. Since Italian ordinal numbers function as adjectives, they must agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify: primo, prima, primi, prime. |