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.
) [" {" r' Q: d ITALIAN CARDINAL NUMBERS: 1-100& ~5 h) r0 q7 q
1# Q# z% _: F+ S
uno
6 b E5 x \; ?" v, {0 p OO-noh
) k* y: R8 l4 J( x+ i' s- ~ 2- k1 A# a) E5 F' \& y
due+ H+ x/ I# X! K, R' _% X
DOO-eh
/ j) y, n5 Y% f9 r0 H 3. \ ]1 G: c+ l' E" z
tre
) O/ S" L9 D) Y. i+ o1 [4 ? TREH3 e5 d6 P9 t7 q4 x9 X+ T
4
3 R0 l& N4 |, q0 } quattro
0 p W6 b. v6 ^. U) E KWAHT-troh" D8 m( V* s1 J, T0 w2 ?: Y
5' J. f, N. Q3 `3 S' T8 o
cinque x9 ]0 x( e& E- h" k, G3 Y
CHEEN-kweh6 D1 S6 e# k* x) }2 H+ c) G1 B
6
. E( Q, ?6 \8 H$ N- L$ F/ N& l% y/ R sei6 g( S/ t% K8 @$ x* A2 _. k
SEH-ee
& Z3 T2 }! @$ q3 b& } 7% w3 [& [) O0 }" q/ r2 n `
sette
, o. p1 w) x4 H# r: z! u SET-teh
+ H& ^$ w2 H. o- M6 y 8
, ~; g9 B& H! u6 j. y- A5 l1 }2 F otto
) B' {. ^3 A/ O* y! M8 H% g OHT-toh- B& w. C$ z& [* b- o2 r! F
9% `8 }# c: e y8 f
nove! w) C; a" |* S' R& ~1 ?! l
NOH-veh
* V; V1 {3 H, D( r 10$ y2 D: Y( k2 F3 _
dieci1 P, A; m9 a" O' ?; N6 ]+ K* Q3 ]
dee-EH-chee% b" m# t( R9 i" @
11# u& h7 g) w! m0 q, Q
undici
! L1 z; M# ^0 @0 V( ~: w% n OON-dee-chee
' D' v% ]% U( ~/ a9 ? 12- w, ]! x( I& x y/ k& h
dodici3 q* y; Q& H1 K9 J' {5 H5 z
DOH-dee-chee& H7 a' o* a' U n- @ K7 ?* @
13, c! G5 ]# @: B) b) S2 E/ `5 j
tredici
/ C" X6 O4 Z5 p TREH-dee-chee) a4 \0 s4 T" x* @1 N# _) B$ i7 L
14; ?2 L2 x' |+ ^' J
quattordici
* [. e2 |5 d% O9 f" U* k kwaht-TOR-dee-chee
5 [6 d$ l1 c1 R' t 15# |% g2 \/ j3 L( ?- c+ d
quindici0 D3 ]+ I% X( H! k) U
KWEEN-dee-chee
2 T' a/ u3 N7 ]' U+ p2 C 16$ [4 f8 B1 i, | ]; [. b: z
sedici
1 m; R4 q" c8 }: m SEH-dee-chee' i6 M* Q# D) b- W% \
17& X& N: E: @' m/ K1 b7 k! X
diciassette
" R4 ]& t+ \# O, s) Q! H dee-chahs-SET-teh3 @8 w% o2 v) J! f# N2 O3 n
18
6 g, x8 n2 C% e diciotto" _5 Q( }/ m3 o
dee-CHOHT-toh
: ~5 z2 S: u) D: f 19; M. T# e, ]- c& z6 ? Z
diciannove
/ o2 R( f! e4 m+ w4 ]' _- ` dee-chahn-NOH-veh3 h9 F( t3 N8 P7 Q; v$ F
20( ~( b9 V8 P t- x7 f! W1 c" t
venti# B! q* {" C: w. D+ E
VEN-tee
9 V. F- m& m/ k& Y 21, t1 I' r; ~8 o5 p
ventuno
3 `4 I- u; p: Q1 M* e6 f2 C3 H ven-TOO-noh
7 q- l/ \9 ]! l* X4 H# f* A% k( d 22" S+ e4 P: ^! m; A* [- |2 \7 g
ventidue M h% Z& G1 i% m
ven-tee-DOO-eh
5 K8 L3 \* r; j' Y8 M( V 23
) R" V: o0 M1 N ventitré
: k$ S0 b" f0 b' e/ h/ I* _ ven-tee-TREH
: f7 u A4 P$ m n; G! o2 S 24' u: ]6 [6 D! v( `; Z- o7 B
ventiquattro
! z6 M: Z% _1 L2 y j ven-tee-KWAHT-troh3 z% \* e& e$ L0 Z
25. y9 t. d$ }4 A
venticinque; ]" u( p0 Q$ {
ven-tee-CHEEN-kweh2 ?& D+ N7 }! G1 u: G3 t9 j
26
, N8 B) I( ]; I: S/ R* n, \; ? ventisei
5 ~5 K% B5 I! ]7 J" d) b9 k8 u8 \ x ven-tee-SEH-ee2 f8 y% `+ c% H4 {2 Z {
27 f# |. R: m6 h& A
ventisette
% @# v/ x; R! w3 j ven-tee-SET-teh
; q* G4 `3 A) \8 k 28
. j" f& y# `6 n, o' n- l ventotto
- D1 \$ e4 K$ d6 j9 ? ven-TOHT-toh
* ~8 W2 [3 n1 F 29
& d& A& ~: w: ~ ventinove
! J. g8 J7 r2 c- o4 X: w# H ven-tee-NOH-veh
5 k) G+ w# a: O; F# {+ k; G4 H 30: I: g2 D. E7 J6 z
trenta$ D' H* e0 E$ c- ^4 _2 s
TREN-tah
( a& j4 x: j* v2 y1 G* V8 k* y 40* Z m- u" L* R5 I( r/ S
quaranta
. ^9 u. q ?' x4 n2 z kwah-RAHN-tah
7 w% z& B V" S! T' G! Z! z 50
7 w! }" o3 w5 ^' K; B0 d cinquanta2 J5 c+ }! f+ A$ z' U- I0 H$ s0 k$ U
cheen-KWAHN-tah) D# V7 S D4 M5 {! J
60
. m: x. p' |. _9 F; D sessanta- g: l3 z5 I; O' }
ses-SAHN-tah3 z" e1 L+ s4 p
70% n+ _0 Q) W& J& ?( X) I5 T
settanta
3 u6 k$ u" L9 H; m( ? set-TAHN-ta
: ^$ N. Z: Q/ h9 k7 d 80
( `! S% J$ y! r$ X5 S* h9 r ottanta8 ~7 @' w' a# h" }4 P0 s9 R
oht-TAHN-ta" H8 _/ J/ l4 _9 r! k" H( j( _
90
* ]& d: U: J! s P) @# P novanta4 o: B1 C; ^) ~
noh-VAHN-tah9 L8 x! r9 z; K6 t
100# H) {. [# h0 V! [* k3 n" ~
cento
, E8 d0 [; I! R1 ]) H CHEN-toh' t% K1 i$ k/ f# n
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. |