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.
) u% l2 F& u1 c3 |( ~( y ITALIAN CARDINAL NUMBERS: 1-100
0 a2 `* R6 I' C 1) |- o2 q! w. ]; i+ j# l
uno; [! `! u$ I: e8 |8 ^
OO-noh
: Z6 c3 b4 M& C# h4 U3 E 2
4 a+ w/ s0 p# g' w$ r due# {6 q. ^9 ~) F. F& \
DOO-eh. i0 P$ q$ i, r. K
3
" c" v: j. S/ _ tre
9 l& r. v! d6 w TREH
9 i/ |: S! G0 w3 ~( q0 C5 W+ G 4' b% Q0 E. {+ G* D
quattro G8 l. n' O' T1 w7 B2 o) F: t
KWAHT-troh& }# b1 F; R$ X! O% h% m2 n4 H
5
8 Z; h" ]/ U" I+ G( ` cinque! h E/ b3 k! p+ h3 V/ A7 P
CHEEN-kweh
1 e0 v# K9 B6 C3 r" y# M 6, |4 x$ u% J- F/ Y5 j
sei+ m' w4 _! [, ~0 I$ i+ V& D( V
SEH-ee$ `4 M$ t( v. ?7 A5 E. G& Z" K
7
8 ?4 w9 g @ h: O# s6 F: O sette3 i8 d) H9 W! R
SET-teh
& |, r# j1 K M 81 p' \5 e% v R2 V7 S
otto: m+ ]: G0 _3 q3 k9 D
OHT-toh
% x% P' N! V( p$ a 9
! f/ c# M( Z# F0 n( P' }8 D5 a nove
: ?# t3 l& n2 g! _- X" W NOH-veh
1 q) O" p6 Y& P' |' w `& J 10
6 ^7 @% r" L# U/ S+ x dieci% H6 k* h4 [2 V( [% g' x
dee-EH-chee
0 d7 u+ M0 o, b. Q* @) k3 ^9 S 11
) q9 z- n8 `# v! { G* [" e undici* ^* G( g6 z6 t% L2 c8 T! w% \
OON-dee-chee
1 _3 V- u) C5 J8 O! k 12% B" m- ]' E& w* i
dodici
% j" Y. s3 {8 w: o. U! N/ q3 H DOH-dee-chee
- B, x* l! p8 v; B! P2 [ 13
7 A( {1 I e& M6 g; A4 [& k tredici7 R" f" r. K6 m/ h
TREH-dee-chee% U# F% _5 D( ~& f0 I" e, Z
148 {" Y! h0 g' N. a* ^+ U
quattordici
6 p8 \+ j5 B, l P2 M kwaht-TOR-dee-chee; W; q2 ?( B2 o$ P6 b1 V6 G
15
' {3 A' F* y8 ~0 u. C quindici
/ Q' ]$ x5 }. R2 H& r KWEEN-dee-chee
8 j0 U; j3 F/ J/ A 16
/ S0 f, Q1 C: Y sedici
5 P0 m6 T7 u# g1 }1 U; U SEH-dee-chee2 q/ W1 @# \( b7 y2 G
17
0 B0 L' m# I- C$ S+ S! t diciassette
" N+ [, P. T% y" ^2 j4 L( f dee-chahs-SET-teh
9 k( C5 O* b4 c: z f 18
" ^& A4 M7 J. r8 J( b diciotto8 u$ U! s& m7 B9 l3 b
dee-CHOHT-toh
( ]; S; A0 j3 ?( E! r5 s 19
, C* M. {7 d; f: _: G/ T8 b7 J2 u diciannove" R& ^$ p8 A7 E2 S$ d
dee-chahn-NOH-veh1 I3 t& s+ \' k; |
20& a& s8 j p% f( Y
venti0 `8 z7 Y" m. N' m8 ]
VEN-tee
/ P. }; y$ w% V+ ]2 R2 i Y 21
" B2 F+ ]# D8 H' j ventuno
* b2 h# H: |9 Y2 _& A. @2 @ ven-TOO-noh9 y0 Z3 y( E- z2 X9 D: {8 F
22' \ g: y( c+ L
ventidue! L/ w% V' f# _8 A- o
ven-tee-DOO-eh
6 T1 ^5 O" u! I- D3 M4 ~. v 23! k- R0 c5 ]2 c
ventitré9 Z+ k* t: I# ~* {% q) F
ven-tee-TREH
' w; I8 P5 }) I2 K 24
+ ^8 ^+ r( I) a$ U1 C( e ventiquattro. Q* q& p y# j+ Z o. C5 S
ven-tee-KWAHT-troh) o9 z9 K6 A& V4 n1 T0 Z
25
, Y' |" u9 l+ v! ]1 b; A, y* w3 ^ venticinque
7 v- |, Z9 G# u' h, ` ven-tee-CHEEN-kweh8 \& A' f* r2 |
26: S* e" F+ ^( {2 j4 k
ventisei
/ F% p9 L2 \# Y5 R5 h ven-tee-SEH-ee
) J! A. ~8 }6 B( S5 [5 w 27" ` j$ K' |8 l# E' Z$ D
ventisette
8 G" T+ S* U; t z( J! G5 \ ven-tee-SET-teh
! y. d* N, U8 U5 ?1 e 287 [. N1 b# v5 }! f' F& b
ventotto
& g0 s/ ], v" k3 H ven-TOHT-toh
2 o6 y w1 B' H# h& a+ b 29
# q/ e" G. k, o/ d ventinove* V! W5 N+ W. s, O) P6 W
ven-tee-NOH-veh
7 _2 I. O; V7 N. P' ` 30- E) S6 L1 { W+ U
trenta
/ T3 D( M( _" y9 ]! g" A! Z& n% b) P/ E TREN-tah% H( O" F, S8 d; U
40
2 z" Q z& F: C" k7 v7 F quaranta
: { w9 [8 Q+ c# q+ Z! L; O kwah-RAHN-tah; t- }; e) C. \" T& z+ N
50
6 l4 x6 j c1 D1 b9 v/ i7 X cinquanta/ J2 Y- m( f/ s- d3 ~% Z
cheen-KWAHN-tah& q7 X' I3 f% n7 z" J) O0 d- X' N
60
! p* P# {1 d$ z: `& \0 ^! [1 e8 h sessanta$ a3 y$ e, T( f: j* D
ses-SAHN-tah. k2 `' H% l+ T& ?9 j) _
70
( [3 Q( V! J! X, T settanta, p) {: _" ?9 ^7 }: O5 h( c2 k
set-TAHN-ta
* I* L. T ^8 j( k& Q) }. z 80: j3 |& ?9 s2 H% E) M
ottanta' A p0 a$ C- k: B* k. v
oht-TAHN-ta
8 i0 b: o- _6 x4 q% l 908 b: i1 M @: b
novanta
5 F5 D6 {% E. o9 T" D. j noh-VAHN-tah
8 W4 e% @8 Q7 ?, T. N7 I 100
' k7 M0 a- r% G cento
' R. R7 I( P" u5 C9 H* |7 W CHEN-toh
' R1 b4 Y2 ^0 } c 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. |