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.
7 J& v- ~! K0 {* U# V ITALIAN CARDINAL NUMBERS: 1-100# N4 u) Y# e( u- B1 A6 D7 [
1
1 X( `, S! W! U6 M# P/ l# Z8 U uno
5 o) {7 @0 Z# \& T/ U4 m OO-noh! I* l! `% v7 n, s$ f' G: m
2; ^. Q B" B- o
due
% _, f, B9 B; n DOO-eh1 I& X0 L" z' g% D
3
Q8 O. k% U# x0 o6 n tre7 O5 \' x: w8 u1 o+ K1 v" J' d
TREH9 s* ]% c. Y/ D2 N7 Q
49 b, B" `" f$ @& ?
quattro* O% N8 M! `6 ^$ u
KWAHT-troh
* g6 ]' D A _# o7 b 5: I1 \2 O4 y9 Y7 E, O! N
cinque/ P& l8 r% J% n, X
CHEEN-kweh, i5 w$ |$ ?# j1 ? y
6, b( {$ F# ?7 N
sei
6 }$ T% D3 k) \* J6 ] SEH-ee& n" y4 \7 x6 a6 u& `( L( o
7
! }; W# `( i, I) m- U sette1 O& Y6 N7 v/ [7 c/ c* Z1 o4 R
SET-teh' K& p! B" h6 P U+ ~2 u/ r( b3 \
8& b8 \ ~* L0 r+ y' q2 N& h5 o
otto
6 d7 O, N7 v; m, m1 y, i* ^ OHT-toh# a z2 @) L! i% `+ a& w
9
, M. N0 W4 J7 M# c7 A5 n8 l. p! f nove
7 Y: j. b6 r; r2 ? NOH-veh
5 ]6 _5 O! v Q 102 X( y- e3 _$ s/ U% g0 S
dieci. o3 L. K0 L' T( _% C* ~
dee-EH-chee4 n) W+ E- j% }2 X2 x9 e3 E* B, g
115 |8 F) [2 y8 I/ M+ Q
undici7 j3 x# z! ~& f
OON-dee-chee% X( i) v/ ~% J5 P4 e
12/ P* m5 S) x$ L$ J C0 ^$ [
dodici
' U0 Q- z0 M7 r, V2 P& z DOH-dee-chee
1 B) q& e8 @$ C* R- } 13
- b- i5 c5 L1 I* V4 |. ~# _ tredici
! u0 m) l* O/ y8 s( ~! _ TREH-dee-chee
6 D' N" @/ C5 F# i 14
8 E- K, H1 Q! F4 A2 L) G* j* K7 S quattordici; i! a3 L4 h1 g8 o% J# q- |. p* ~9 M
kwaht-TOR-dee-chee |. H2 m- V5 X+ r# k
151 t/ ~4 }! W8 f; d+ c$ d# h
quindici
/ x5 x: L) W( b1 { KWEEN-dee-chee
" u( M' k& T9 U# ?: V! M0 F. M0 X: | 16( R& I* a' K* Z
sedici
L4 `( ^/ W3 ` SEH-dee-chee
. G% I& }& O3 J0 K 17
( ?/ `8 }* c2 r( t, O diciassette4 w) p+ G2 l$ U; o0 w' J; j
dee-chahs-SET-teh3 i* A" d8 E! `' s- B
18
. P: ]- W0 M: P diciotto
7 t9 f7 N/ V% u5 j- j l# v dee-CHOHT-toh8 e* G0 u: B* T9 F: `
19
7 J( m/ A; F+ q* F2 ?& y/ J diciannove
# j Y9 T4 J9 P w) Q# B8 o dee-chahn-NOH-veh
9 |' c3 w0 b( H 20
7 W/ A3 y& ?$ \% E venti& N; @' `) w$ ]0 u+ [) p! |
VEN-tee
7 g: p! Q# G% e. G 21
6 Z$ l a) q1 A ventuno
8 q5 j) ^2 w* I- h0 a* q ven-TOO-noh
M! ?0 _0 x, O! r9 r0 r8 W$ ] 22
% p% Z! {( @) S+ ] ventidue
( U8 ?: Q6 O/ n ven-tee-DOO-eh1 W" d8 q& Q* E0 Q- P+ j
23
) f" I8 l r. n$ d2 x! c& R" G7 @ ventitré
# J) T0 E, z. S& p+ j/ F ven-tee-TREH
8 u/ x) H d0 Z1 q, g 24/ b) ]# \' y* Z: d! o! e
ventiquattro
1 t2 {4 A) }' B: n ven-tee-KWAHT-troh
! }; F! {3 p0 t 25
( k7 U O7 `! t2 s venticinque: r7 `! t# U4 h3 g# K9 [
ven-tee-CHEEN-kweh
' P9 t2 @8 t2 N& W9 Y 26
2 X4 k$ U' I/ M X4 y$ a( V* o ventisei3 J4 `) x1 B$ Y# G
ven-tee-SEH-ee% w6 E( F4 d1 f0 T/ ~
27
3 Z. p" V2 z1 F6 U, [ ventisette: D B4 D5 B: u+ `$ Q
ven-tee-SET-teh
# E4 ^+ U4 {/ C ~3 P* ^ 28+ @; w* L; K$ A+ k
ventotto
: s2 f: x Z B' Z ven-TOHT-toh1 j% _1 p+ t" G7 C) g" @8 W
29
& ~* _! d2 e3 ~' n& N# Z9 ^ ventinove! M, _0 m; n' ^$ Q1 P2 |5 a4 r; ]
ven-tee-NOH-veh" ]2 e( c( M0 ~, N
30
$ D7 G, H# y) H6 i trenta
3 U. T* A( w9 s TREN-tah
$ R+ R" B4 ^2 @" \ 40
" t/ ^4 d) Y0 D9 a4 A0 {, _! F quaranta
0 J5 m+ y4 e/ a% E2 i5 Z kwah-RAHN-tah
! }; u1 [- y3 d; C 50
9 I F' [2 X0 G5 a" d$ b cinquanta
5 ^* s) f2 o" E5 ^* [8 c cheen-KWAHN-tah7 X& [- G/ ^! m% b% o, L" e7 K
60: `: M6 m% @( o! m5 l' z
sessanta1 }0 B9 l S2 _' k1 A
ses-SAHN-tah9 S' U7 ]: W7 h- [
708 c2 m$ r% ]: ~: T# e
settanta
7 T2 @$ x: ^" T$ }; b0 E) q set-TAHN-ta( \9 s2 l5 |/ e
80
/ ]5 t) o* V9 \" [& ] ottanta
0 Z* u! P5 W& B' r+ [& F/ ^1 Y oht-TAHN-ta6 E( `8 R- i3 X# h; }
90
$ ]* B, ~1 z. @ novanta* I: F8 a. E1 U
noh-VAHN-tah
# G4 @9 T2 c1 J3 `, w6 x 100; ]. P! y7 Q, b/ }) F' |7 E
cento
S5 x4 P3 B1 k+ R6 R. g- x9 { CHEN-toh: V" K# D. z9 A% Q8 }$ `+ 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. |