You might find cardinal (counting) numbers the most useful to know—you will need them to express time, record dates, do math, interpret recipe amounts, and, of course, count. In Italian, cardinal numbers are written as one word. Use the following table to memorize numbers from 1 to 100.) ^! s$ G" U" R8 x6 S% u
ITALIAN CARDINAL NUMBERS: 1-100
+ E1 o- t/ ?, d+ J# k' z 1; V5 e0 V8 g" q8 v9 S3 F' |
uno+ U, J1 L9 Z2 s2 v
OO-noh
: f& ]2 y/ h h3 s: ?- v 2
* X$ G3 p) m. e0 {3 e# V due
. J3 G0 k$ s; Y! c Z- _ DOO-eh
0 _* d7 E) ]* U: E% \ 3( K! O7 g: _. x( K
tre( {1 U" M; N; g! g: `8 [7 Y
TREH$ J* v0 {# M+ t- W3 ~5 M/ b+ Y
4# u6 ^$ d& ]& M0 K8 u
quattro, o8 h4 l; b4 F0 S& V
KWAHT-troh
2 p2 ^1 r3 u' h 5+ a! R+ P% m/ M v% e) D+ Y% @
cinque
# y8 D/ W W: r+ @ CHEEN-kweh
( V/ Y2 k" j# ~' a 6
* ~/ m/ s4 Q- i7 m4 E8 m sei8 y5 d+ D6 n5 A* H8 }" M8 k
SEH-ee x# t" Z3 k/ W8 N" ^
7
0 R# R( K+ f1 ?. _: Q sette( p, Y3 P0 ]$ ?' i
SET-teh% n% U; r7 }/ ^, I
8
9 U2 C) m! `9 W! \; }! l- Y% T otto
& @! |7 a) C/ z' J5 ?, D) g OHT-toh# m% q9 S: S) ?* a
9
2 m$ I( E J+ l9 F) x nove
! k% Q. E4 T! U% a; } NOH-veh i+ s; t" d. d& R
104 G- S+ c% X9 P, M, e; U( C" N
dieci
( U5 N' A+ a2 b! m) Y+ \6 E dee-EH-chee N L8 U& h8 C& |
11
; n1 U$ P$ \4 P0 ?& j& ^ undici
. z2 b( _, ?5 o2 K" J" _ OON-dee-chee) c2 \) I" Z( _; z) G5 @' R% ?
125 n. c6 f( T2 u
dodici; f8 i( F( S r" z
DOH-dee-chee
6 _. A; z& j7 `( y3 ^7 q+ V0 c 13
" @ D: ~6 O" F/ k- `( P# X tredici
: G7 b: i6 ^" q TREH-dee-chee
8 ^4 V) l$ ~7 R+ D6 M 14
8 C" [* S, ]/ B" D' M& g quattordici" ?8 ?$ n1 u! F) e
kwaht-TOR-dee-chee/ f+ F( R; S7 I3 ?) R3 H S
153 Y4 {2 H5 c: p G, F9 @
quindici
/ o/ Y: m( X5 N2 G1 V KWEEN-dee-chee
# ]/ E! Q% }! s( m3 L 16
7 R5 n3 d8 [/ X5 A2 [7 j( l- J9 T; D sedici. k+ @5 h' q* _+ e: l
SEH-dee-chee
# { x. Z ^. B 17# B0 J* K' M6 ?, f$ s
diciassette
3 n- j L2 n' Q3 `9 C dee-chahs-SET-teh9 F& a; V1 ?0 |3 x
18
' N: e G( M& d# S9 p" G5 \2 q diciotto9 g* U; D7 B1 `7 z; K
dee-CHOHT-toh! H% X" w) P& h% `/ o
19
7 T' s! [% _$ s# a diciannove
% d2 f1 t+ m5 i/ c! }6 A dee-chahn-NOH-veh
' U: w! x) Z% W# w5 {# m 20
" s& C' r2 }1 Z; q venti) u" g8 q6 W& x
VEN-tee
* c/ ?0 [% ?. Y9 G 21
$ b* |8 S) s0 e; L9 C- J. }* ]. H ventuno& F& x$ ]2 B4 B
ven-TOO-noh9 B3 R& m& W& `. Q3 G, d, ~" X4 B
22: n/ E) G" t2 I# N! k, j, B3 c: ~
ventidue% H0 ]/ {' k" M3 |% m
ven-tee-DOO-eh* E, x( m2 U8 o0 T& ^3 L# E( J
237 h8 R2 l- `6 q; g" ?& N0 X
ventitré
% [! i: @: a1 p9 F% V" e6 C& R- o ven-tee-TREH$ K! U9 c3 E" j
24
- J. |+ N! _$ }; @8 `& S+ @) G ventiquattro: K: o. k4 Z: C3 R% ~
ven-tee-KWAHT-troh
( h3 Z& f7 u% w! ^) `0 D: ` 25
7 ~5 `# p, K+ N& e venticinque, g4 C9 b) ?, j) b0 B. \
ven-tee-CHEEN-kweh4 e+ @3 u: _1 u* z
26
( s u; e5 H% @' Q, Y- ^- M ventisei
8 l- A& ^, b* z# Y) d4 P' E ven-tee-SEH-ee" C r T9 Y1 J5 C, n
276 }) E! y# b2 t2 B7 D
ventisette
" ?) y+ E; h( u% r ven-tee-SET-teh: e9 ~% {6 g# ?% y- K2 K
28
5 B' |5 Y2 i- \0 H/ | ventotto2 u3 G! j2 H3 E$ ^
ven-TOHT-toh
3 ]1 O& X' e f3 F 29" {5 R; `' h! a2 P
ventinove
) v7 U2 Z+ l, o$ L& _4 y ven-tee-NOH-veh
2 _9 x6 H1 N$ [- e 30; [6 _5 K9 b. o5 {! L
trenta
! y; g( g9 s0 l; ~$ G7 ~6 U4 r TREN-tah. V9 A7 g1 a# |- |3 S6 h
40
* G7 G1 p+ B: s" r# r quaranta% j! d4 z5 i" ~/ j5 x: i" X
kwah-RAHN-tah
- W0 S5 x- Y: w) e 50
7 T+ w7 ~' g" @ cinquanta/ _6 J; N! ]- t: T- A, D# h: h: R; F
cheen-KWAHN-tah: z7 J* @8 @$ l+ [# y$ V: X
60, v# c7 i) F9 A8 S" d
sessanta
. `* ~: ?" N4 p( A! L! ? ses-SAHN-tah1 Y _, M% t6 Q% ^2 q, j. F9 R
70
! M$ z V2 y8 F1 n5 U settanta8 E0 V+ \4 V* a9 e- c. O9 P
set-TAHN-ta6 k, f% u, H4 i
80
; Q% N A" g' U* g. |& p. ]- U ottanta/ M# J. t; F6 u: S: J: A
oht-TAHN-ta
/ z1 n/ r& e5 A) W- u 90
+ ?$ @/ S2 p* I7 x( x novanta
! C2 s3 S7 J6 P" } noh-VAHN-tah) F- h1 C2 Q$ ^3 L1 d
100
: D( S! B0 V. A& S cento2 i" y6 B6 _% T! x8 i
CHEN-toh
% e9 x/ ^" y8 X- [ The numbers venti, trenta, quaranta, cinquanta, and so on drop the final vowel when combined with uno and otto. Tre is written without an accent, but ventitré, trentatré, and so on are written with an accent. |