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.
3 _0 o3 n9 ^/ O) E3 U ITALIAN CARDINAL NUMBERS: 1-100& @$ k* O% X, N6 Q4 O7 [& I
1 uno OO-noh0 w z r2 A/ ^% l
2 due DOO-eh
" B a" n- z+ |) E0 g 3 tre TREH
0 m6 `' H* t/ w O 4 quattro KWAHT-troh
( m3 V# H0 G# m% @6 u 5 cinque CHEEN-kweh
7 w: Y! c# \+ U6 \ 6 sei SEH-ee
* L/ [6 L3 Q" \ 7 sette SET-teh* w7 B" s# |) H- F( t$ B/ V
8 otto OHT-toh) U0 P, C4 y$ Y8 x' }& h) Z
9 nove NOH-veh
$ q) P# S# r7 Y5 q 10 dieci dee-EH-chee$ R R* I4 _7 l/ B
11 undici OON-dee-chee
0 m: |0 `% ]* `- d" r+ v0 L 12 dodici DOH-dee-chee+ b. C, D+ }1 W: h5 J
13 tredici TREH-dee-chee
. {4 W. b- E. r; q5 L 14 quattordici kwaht-TOR-dee-chee; t' @- k& T. \$ m/ T
15 quindici KWEEN-dee-chee+ K6 [2 g# A ]/ \) L8 r
16 sedici SEH-dee-chee
$ F! W7 x- e' r& E C. B+ K; g 17 diciassette dee-chahs-SET-teh2 k! U5 y8 D/ p" m0 y
18 diciotto dee-CHOHT-toh. B( j) s+ i/ ^; x/ b2 U
19 diciannove dee-chahn-NOH-veh
2 O1 u' r+ ]* w+ D% e 20 venti VEN-tee3 q2 h: b- l' p7 g
21 ventuno ven-TOO-noh. ~' _/ G% h I% A8 k
22 ventidue ven-tee-DOO-eh/ f4 C8 R& _* `
23 ventitré ven-tee-TREH# u7 v5 N) x' o, y9 b
24 ventiquattro ven-tee-KWAHT-troh
- V4 O' n) i/ F( l* h& [1 U+ v 25 venticinque ven-tee-CHEEN-kweh: V2 t/ V1 s d/ n, t5 O
26 ventisei ven-tee-SEH-ee
) W/ \* V, n* \6 _5 Q. K 27 ventisette ven-tee-SET-teh# N5 f% ^) v/ C" O( n1 `1 {$ q0 R9 u
28 ventotto ven-TOHT-toh
* t$ P! G! Q2 c) R: Q" q 29 ventinove ven-tee-NOH-veh
7 Z# t$ y# a9 S 30 trenta TREN-tah
6 q. t y) \! p; { 40 quaranta kwah-RAHN-tah' O! e, ?+ B* l5 N3 i% G( b
50 cinquanta cheen-KWAHN-tah
* d, `8 y+ b# `% s( H 60 sessanta ses-SAHN-tah9 Z' }6 p" q8 P
70 settanta set-TAHN-ta
2 ]( d) n+ k0 _- i 80 ottanta oht-TAHN-ta
/ a, O( {7 y! B 90 novanta noh-VAHN-tah4 t2 }6 j* ?2 n
100 cento CHEN-toh+ y3 X; T1 l$ B; U
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 |