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.
+ l% h! w4 ^- N9 [0 ~) G O) y ITALIAN CARDINAL NUMBERS: 1-1007 c k0 d' K. X& \7 ~
1 uno OO-noh
; M- ]; G. B6 I) x1 y1 w 2 due DOO-eh& R/ [! h6 p" }
3 tre TREH
; K# M+ o# r" l) I2 T 4 quattro KWAHT-troh
$ f' N7 |7 {% g 5 cinque CHEEN-kweh/ d+ ]( w" ], a8 ^- w
6 sei SEH-ee/ [6 P: {: u9 J; ` H* }3 v
7 sette SET-teh
) l6 s! p% j# B 8 otto OHT-toh7 _/ o9 H$ z j8 H
9 nove NOH-veh! u8 o; N2 w; o' M
10 dieci dee-EH-chee
0 L, P" B0 k) A; B; Q3 i& _ 11 undici OON-dee-chee
, f. f! T6 ]* g5 y6 t 12 dodici DOH-dee-chee9 F9 d/ n. @7 j
13 tredici TREH-dee-chee. }6 r6 a" `: O! P; C
14 quattordici kwaht-TOR-dee-chee
/ \5 d6 J8 n3 N9 m8 g' w7 F( Z 15 quindici KWEEN-dee-chee8 O! F, g* C0 V D
16 sedici SEH-dee-chee9 W$ A' V6 T7 f) P% @2 d9 P2 H
17 diciassette dee-chahs-SET-teh
2 I( w8 M) F0 y3 r 18 diciotto dee-CHOHT-toh: A) ~7 t8 @7 K# x) |) p2 K
19 diciannove dee-chahn-NOH-veh
' @1 O) F S) g2 A) j: B 20 venti VEN-tee% o5 z: A. R3 n9 p' i9 E
21 ventuno ven-TOO-noh
% ^* Z# _' z8 `# a. |6 E! }& b 22 ventidue ven-tee-DOO-eh
' Z9 r6 E; B; w' d$ F1 P1 t 23 ventitré ven-tee-TREH
) l6 C$ V5 ^' K 24 ventiquattro ven-tee-KWAHT-troh
. A) O* a/ Q& q( S" q/ }7 p 25 venticinque ven-tee-CHEEN-kweh
t0 C; E$ V% F2 R: W 26 ventisei ven-tee-SEH-ee
8 t; y% V+ |5 H( X 27 ventisette ven-tee-SET-teh
/ D e: W8 }2 W( K8 I. x4 S 28 ventotto ven-TOHT-toh. v: K7 g2 C$ v7 ]4 i# j/ [& D' ?
29 ventinove ven-tee-NOH-veh7 p3 A* F3 O' G3 x$ Z0 e
30 trenta TREN-tah
- @9 j7 U' @" B0 s; V3 F 40 quaranta kwah-RAHN-tah3 @6 e! z9 S3 E5 j
50 cinquanta cheen-KWAHN-tah
. {+ U4 e/ I$ L, @1 ~* n# H2 ]9 J* b 60 sessanta ses-SAHN-tah
/ j9 f, J) c8 i) L" p 70 settanta set-TAHN-ta7 b5 ?9 u' Z6 s4 ^ @- q
80 ottanta oht-TAHN-ta
1 r2 J7 u9 m9 ~4 A) }8 G 90 novanta noh-VAHN-tah
7 c; A" I; K' ]8 X. ^+ f2 S& l 100 cento CHEN-toh
2 X: F; j6 J. J' f% f# l, o 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 |