意语数字词汇（2）

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　　Beyond 100
) }! I5 C$ `3 N7 b! d　　Do you remember those good old days before the euro's arrival in Italy when you would pay a few thousand lire for admission to a museum or a cappuccino and biscotti? Tourists needed more than just the numbers up to 100 to get around. Lire are history, but learning numbers greater than 100 might still prove useful. Though they might seem unwieldy, after a bit of practice you'll be rolling them off your tongue like a pro.
　　ITALIAN CARDINAL NUMBERS: 100 AND GREATER
) Z/ q; W8 ]. K" ?! m　　100 cento CHEN-toh
) Q/ N# `" h* h* i$ f1 s　　101 centouno/centuno cheh-toh-OO-noh/chehn-TOO-noh
& X9 C6 T" x' U+ |　　150 centocinquanta cheh-toh-cheen-KWAHN-tah
! L  F- B, e6 x- n. G　　200 duecento doo-eh-CHEN-toh
$ B4 V; X/ x$ ~6 p8 }　　300 trecento treh-CHEN-toh
　　400 quattrocento kwaht-troh-CHEN-toh
% e0 f3 p* d$ ^5 U& \　　500 cinquecento cheen-kweh-CHEN-toh
　　600 seicento seh-ee-CHEN-toh
　　700 settecento set-the-CHEN-toh
7 e2 i! j# s0 i! l/ C8 U  i　　800 ottocento oht-toh-CHEN-toh
& d4 W+ P& t" n: |- p. ~　　900 novecento noh-veh-CHEN-toh
" {2 D1 O! h* h! y* E. k　　1.000 mille MEEL-leh
　　1.001 milleuno meel-leh-OO-noh
　　1.200 milleduecento meel-leh-doo-eh-CHEN-toh
　　2.000 duemila doo-eh-MEE-lah
. H$ l0 t# L0 ~. |) g　　10.000 diecimila dee-eh-chee-MEE-lah
) @. a- y7 O  C" m$ G- {! d9 `6 d　　15.000 quindicimila kween-dee-chee-MEE-lah
　　100.000 centomila chen-toh-mee-leh
" |% O. T. N$ L; |* C　　1.000.000 un milione OON mee-lee-OH-neh
  f5 I) S  L* m1 E; o7 F4 w　　2.000.000 due milioni DOO-eh mee-lee-OH-neh
　　1.000.000.000 un miliardo OON mee-lee-ARE-doh
　　You can place items in "order" with ordinal numbers. For instance, il primo is the first course on a menu and il secondo is the second course. Vittorio Emanuele III, who ruled the unified Italian nation from 1900 to 1946, was the third king with that name. Pope Paul V (1605-1621) was the fifth pope with the name Paul. When used with the numerical succession of kings, popes, and emperors, the ordinal numbers are capitalized:
　　Vittorio Emanuele Secondo (Vittorio Emanuele II)
0 L& W" u' E; L) v　　Leone Nono (Leone IX)
9 ]/ O% H; [/ J2 K9 h　　Carlo Quinto (Carlo V)
3 B1 R% h' P2 a* U/ s　　diciottesimo secolo (eighteenth century)
　　ITALIAN ORDINAL NUMBERS
+ `( R" |6 ^: D0 H1 m　　first primo
　　second secondo
　　third terzo
　　fourth quarto
　　fifth quinto
　　sixth sesto
- {$ F- e$ ~1 R/ R! @　　seventh settimo
　　eighth ottavo
2 ]2 H& R6 X  }( j8 M　　ninth nono
　　tenth decimo
　　eleventh undicesimo
　　twelfth dodicesimo
# S4 y; V% F3 e2 j/ j6 ^　　thirteenth tredicesimo
2 K! m7 `: w; p2 l: r　　fourteenth quattordicesimo
　　fifteenth quindicesimo
　　sixteenth sedicesimo
0 r% N5 m3 ?1 U7 W　　seventeenth diciassettesimo
8 |! b& V7 g+ b　　eighteenth diciottesimo
　　nineteenth diciannovesimo
3 I% ?, v- P0 I# r4 P　　twentieth ventesimo
　　twenty-first ventunesimo
' F8 p8 k3 j* T7 w3 g: W6 Y0 d　　twenty-third ventitreesimo
　　hundredth centesimo
; x- {7 T; F; a5 \) W　　thousandth millesimo
4 z+ ?. p3 u& ^  n- o+ D　　two thousandth duemillesimo
　　three thousandth tremillesimo
　　one millionth milionesimo
  j' M1 s' e+ L/ @) w. h# |　　Notice the regularity of ordinal numbers beginning with undicesimo—the suffix -esimo is added to the cardinal numbers by dropping the final vowel of the cardinal number. The one exception includes numbers ending in -tré. Those numbers drop their accent and are unchanged when -esimo is added. Since Italian ordinal numbers function as adjectives, they must agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify: primo, prima, primi, prime.