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.* P) A, u& c$ Z |+ C
ITALIAN CARDINAL NUMBERS: 1-100
/ \# c2 ]+ Q4 q- o& Q: Z' e; f 1
?' Y* ?' h: N uno
4 o" A: {/ n& i! \ OO-noh% A$ x: d4 e0 ?
2- L' _! G! D, R5 J1 T
due; e/ _' S/ g& E- R
DOO-eh# g0 S- [& T ^; c% a
31 l: i. k9 U6 C2 Y& u
tre! k4 ?6 K0 _9 D3 |3 ~
TREH0 {$ m- @* O2 ]$ ]# |
4
+ I4 b( A1 c2 ?3 Y quattro4 r y! T, m' J$ i% m4 o6 w
KWAHT-troh( b% T1 D R w, H! r: x5 }
5
6 e" f- \1 j2 n' n! ^0 w* d cinque
, T+ P' B' N- Z! j2 _: ~( l CHEEN-kweh9 s: `/ d' [0 h6 u, F
6$ \: Y7 e3 R! c/ b, [/ @
sei) l5 ~* S7 ?- c5 B2 u, _- p( [ \/ }
SEH-ee
6 o: m7 l# E) s- X7 c( ]' ^* t 7
0 o/ h1 Z: h) P z6 S4 e sette! c4 x5 F+ v8 u
SET-teh+ O! t2 |$ q7 d5 @
85 _8 p/ Y" O8 {7 V& X7 w4 o. s
otto
5 x' ~1 A7 @2 Z. Y OHT-toh
( w9 h& U6 B; u 93 ?" ]5 }- y# y& Y: @' V" y
nove
$ _$ S2 W5 B/ j' S e NOH-veh3 @ E! c- v( i; n
10
/ o6 l9 j R4 O! _" b9 w dieci9 h& A; c: q* o: I* t6 x' ~
dee-EH-chee
% w3 k3 D" Q4 \7 t+ z# j 11* p) ] p4 k/ `: o0 F, J# |) C
undici
' G \. H8 Z. Q) j; L2 `; I OON-dee-chee
5 P) i5 q# o8 Y( p 12# J1 d) [' F! T p. T4 k
dodici
# p p# Z& q d" h: v& p DOH-dee-chee
' Y H: Y7 T2 ?6 e0 v9 q A) K J 13
5 n/ z3 V: |! Z+ R3 n tredici" Q0 p( U- o) e: z L# g7 j
TREH-dee-chee
4 @. v, B: p3 r _% r 14
' I0 }5 ^- Y2 l H* l( {5 S quattordici/ Y- [% R- D1 t0 R- ~
kwaht-TOR-dee-chee7 ~4 B( Z V/ ^4 k
15, |) {5 m9 N1 Z. G: E) F9 q4 P6 ^
quindici
, y v) d: l, k0 v: A KWEEN-dee-chee
% |6 {/ I t" W- b- X. d3 R5 @3 { 16
5 ?. Z/ r' g! n: }2 k sedici
o" @! n: B2 G3 E SEH-dee-chee2 L' a8 a; M( O) C, x8 K$ o0 Y
17
1 S: h- w e+ ]# _ diciassette! x$ U8 {- B `0 X+ ~7 |/ o/ G- j
dee-chahs-SET-teh
7 `8 T1 r J3 ?$ H; d 18
6 _' j% m) j- X) \; h& Q6 a diciotto$ ~9 w }+ `- `) m
dee-CHOHT-toh
# Q0 O( J2 z0 n0 Z L4 ] 19! `. p' K3 a" d3 a P
diciannove4 X! ~" ^; s1 W5 E: `
dee-chahn-NOH-veh5 [# h$ B7 H P3 U$ c* S0 D0 o: h! l
20
7 N3 i8 L M" @8 | W venti
9 P3 w/ ?, |/ A: z" N+ k VEN-tee
; B+ O- t& ]+ O$ v$ l 21
* p4 W6 X4 C& b# K5 s& s1 `" ? ventuno
6 B. p- x& k* V# V7 \ ven-TOO-noh& |7 j/ c1 Z9 L. A4 @
22* S5 S6 o! [9 {" h v( E
ventidue2 R3 D0 N( T% R% ~9 Y
ven-tee-DOO-eh
( z) L) w' i! G' D8 u) X 23
% K, ]" n: g$ T m# R ventitré
, B5 ]9 z9 g0 n* j, N2 U/ N ven-tee-TREH
( @: F9 Q* N1 K S2 B 24$ E0 _0 s) ]0 L; a4 x% D% r
ventiquattro
) k4 O# K$ S: l k0 A ven-tee-KWAHT-troh" v- Z* @) N4 u2 U) T
256 ^: Y7 D. w; b- J3 {# r: |
venticinque( ?/ ]: ^9 ~4 I: n( }& j
ven-tee-CHEEN-kweh) Z. t& `/ h! F5 L) g, F' U- d( a
26
* H& n% p2 K% T! m' ^; o' m1 ~ ventisei
9 _9 ?2 @$ F4 D' A9 Z/ o$ V ven-tee-SEH-ee \; g% t, o( e* a! i- S, n) c! q) E
27: P: i3 R0 O# [5 U( X; v4 |
ventisette
. v+ H* t) K. s9 |/ S ven-tee-SET-teh
, m" N% N& L% V) ` 28
) G3 i, \* p- U2 g ventotto
3 s A: k- W1 c; G$ }( q ven-TOHT-toh& Y4 `+ Z( F! n( ?
29/ N2 w$ {1 `3 D' J
ventinove
7 }6 c: `5 C! O ven-tee-NOH-veh
) u9 ^, Z$ H/ ?+ n" |; h" q 301 c8 R" s& q- R! j
trenta
( ] e" }% l* c2 X TREN-tah) M; X2 r2 q" v' w! ~
40
( e5 e) o' e; l4 b2 I0 R quaranta
# ~, b6 L7 ~. t C) I/ z2 e+ a4 J kwah-RAHN-tah+ u) z5 D0 I0 v5 v
509 v& Y7 C) q. ~+ U
cinquanta" L3 _2 Z0 g$ y; R; F$ y
cheen-KWAHN-tah; Z7 L& w* L/ \* ^" l P
60
, O# b" r3 j- q, m sessanta4 z1 f. d y) w8 O3 u# ?$ o" q
ses-SAHN-tah
! e' v0 e# F8 L* V 70
. }- t, N1 u/ o# z* \+ s settanta- ^& P: H% q5 U6 ~% b& {
set-TAHN-ta
" x! z u5 _7 f* f- Z 80" }- W1 I) m C' f* ^
ottanta+ |$ f2 Q% u5 P7 g9 t/ z
oht-TAHN-ta
9 Y! n( B! ]9 ?( z 90" K$ t# f+ c1 E) y9 G9 z
novanta
% W% [! `$ }# D% M+ u2 |1 K1 v4 E noh-VAHN-tah
: T2 P1 I, m' q8 e- a 100
5 `" O+ m; X3 R cento
/ O* f+ F% |/ v0 v. L CHEN-toh4 N9 O; [8 k, e E) l( h
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. |