Beyond 100
. X0 [! m& e3 }/ ]. a* rDo 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.
X/ e* \5 A' H# |5 N9 ^& q3 ?* h. ZITALIAN CARDINAL NUMBERS: 100 AND GREATER% z# x3 s0 q7 A9 U& D4 u" r
100
1 J( o; g. f6 v, ]9 ^( Qcento1 h# H* j$ x$ T# k9 X
CHEN-toh& S$ J+ ~8 P- B" S3 b s
1018 y6 V7 k2 Q" `$ C5 H
centouno/centuno' L/ P% w7 s' c h. G. J
cheh-toh-OO-noh/chehn-TOO-noh: A( U w i( `% D& K$ j: z! A, b
1502 F3 W! Y. w# }4 g
centocinquanta
! {. u- S" U& T% G9 vcheh-toh-cheen-KWAHN-tah) m9 C/ M) e% p; ~& V% }
200 S3 ?& _ a' J3 q l9 s
duecento
, k. n: }1 T4 j7 Fdoo-eh-CHEN-toh
: V/ P" ^3 _, D' B9 ^; L8 i3 i300$ _, N( g8 F# Q0 @7 O F' m
trecento
: H% w9 D1 I; @6 l+ o1 H9 Ptreh-CHEN-toh
3 C. G% s! S( ^+ `* w4 i400% E+ a, e# J& a; Y5 b) l1 r" T
quattrocento
- j- `5 i v9 w3 ?! Wkwaht-troh-CHEN-toh, x/ N) _& V+ u* `$ H3 i! v
500
( q0 i/ ^, H1 p: h/ ?, |cinquecento* R: o* O: \2 | G' O+ o: `* M
cheen-kweh-CHEN-toh/ d% E3 G9 e: _
6007 c: n2 c) |) S9 l
seicento
. E' Q1 Y1 I4 {' F' M1 Bseh-ee-CHEN-toh
" ~: {" ]9 v6 O( A) T700
/ g* v$ H; q' y( P5 xsettecento0 {5 s" L0 {" h2 d* @4 d
set-the-CHEN-toh
. R: W+ y: k( y# y# D800
7 ~ x+ f- Q: {4 X, cottocento& b. ?6 J7 K3 M- }
oht-toh-CHEN-toh
; F$ p: o6 L. @8 t. J6 W' x1 v900% \ l# ~: N* t
novecento l7 [" s1 ^- I3 E! m) {# h
noh-veh-CHEN-toh
# D2 c; }! K( ^2 t6 h7 E# ?: g( q! H1.000
+ _) ?; h H7 r# o4 m+ \$ zmille
, K( a q9 \6 Y/ J. xMEEL-leh
! d6 R& d+ K/ `7 y/ \0 K) N1.001; Q: w4 l# S! d! d P& r4 F
milleuno
% W L& X( \5 mmeel-leh-OO-noh
% c; X. @ }5 o, Y1.200
+ ?8 ^8 W1 Y% E# N- Omilleduecento) T3 y+ p6 R) M: w9 g0 x
meel-leh-doo-eh-CHEN-toh
) f, i' o( F4 y: D2.000
% e8 l* O( J" C9 sduemila4 C& W$ s2 @) [- ^0 S) j, z7 `; s
doo-eh-MEE-lah
' S2 b' U* _) }* J$ y6 Z" H10.000# y5 E$ o3 p% F0 ` l
diecimila. m% c- D1 Y$ [; ~3 v
dee-eh-chee-MEE-lah$ R% o, ^1 [- @3 B7 X
15.000' {5 H' E* z3 x4 h
quindicimila
; I; R) f& C$ y" N: t pkween-dee-chee-MEE-lah
4 V Y1 j7 e! C8 N: _5 a/ _2 s100.000
! m3 Y. e! S" {% _+ ?centomila/ m0 Z+ b& Q4 }
chen-toh-mee-leh
7 F( m$ ~' h: \( F) O5 Z1.000.000
$ l6 j: c2 q0 p- B. W: z% P5 wun milione
1 g2 y# k6 Z9 c1 O) v& hOON mee-lee-OH-neh
' w0 ~9 R- j+ ] q5 n- K2.000.0000 i- f/ ~ G) J' X
due milioni1 B8 S4 q3 y+ B" |* {0 Q
DOO-eh mee-lee-OH-neh# f& z% ~' a/ I
1.000.000.000
$ M0 H9 D! z7 ? O# qun miliardo
/ y/ f+ x1 n8 s7 POON mee-lee-ARE-doh, R* o5 ~8 R; D/ `' P2 g
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:
# Z9 \5 f( h; l) fVittorio Emanuele Secondo (Vittorio Emanuele II)
1 m* k) k/ v* V- CLeone Nono (Leone IX)
" s3 Q) O$ `1 Q" qCarlo Quinto (Carlo V)1 F/ A# N Y! n# `* A
diciottesimo secolo (eighteenth century)
4 _( d5 v/ l5 n% xITALIAN ORDINAL NUMBERS+ E, N* c/ ^2 |" a+ ^3 k6 |, v4 \% o" I
first
1 t( L S! y5 s; O2 Y3 s; Fprimo5 r! w( q2 A* {5 @
second& ^1 M0 g2 n+ `0 r; d) y+ D
secondo4 H6 n$ j% W$ z( o0 P
third
/ S% l2 {- L* R% Y7 oterzo
6 W6 ^, I; P# t4 i" ?0 C0 pfourth
4 Y, \$ _2 q6 bquarto e' g2 C2 u) s" z* }5 l
fifth/ W7 s" Z0 B0 L4 E1 f
quinto9 c4 M L( Y% p) @: E* h% _
sixth
# N0 S- p7 H- Q; R% _! esesto
6 ?7 W2 o2 d( Kseventh
- M. W9 I* F7 W; Q9 ?0 F& Bsettimo
: A, t4 S; A; f, R6 q, ~eighth
2 E( X: {2 Y! K- |- [& k- Z/ nottavo9 n' [0 U0 w% L( I1 S
ninth7 k, R8 s6 M5 k
nono
2 Y& q* k; R3 c' O& g1 Htenth, B3 y& W/ Z% q
decimo
/ a# R8 t9 `: G, r. Seleventh% f6 |7 _( B$ e0 b6 ]* n
undicesimo
6 n4 Z7 P* [' G; Jtwelfth% N6 i: L; h% V1 H' C% U( f
dodicesimo1 J, L" g: v. |* @/ ?: M/ {+ V
thirteenth
* a) a0 w: ]- R2 z1 i* Qtredicesimo
" F% j3 [3 ~: Q; L- j' bfourteenth% l9 W5 X' Z, X$ h& y
quattordicesimo
+ P$ X ]& w! u3 U; Jfifteenth
; ?3 L# E* B, R: hquindicesimo) r5 d5 \, @0 k/ ]% u3 o
sixteenth6 s/ g; y8 \8 |/ ]$ j
sedicesimo# i6 e8 L1 j3 o$ C9 W: A* R
seventeenth
( I( A# Q( s# Q1 y5 mdiciassettesimo$ u* g6 o/ p* B2 X4 I* w! W, {
eighteenth
/ s; | G' U7 F6 wdiciottesimo, P% Q) W+ [& t" W1 T7 `1 q
nineteenth( [) z4 V, L# }8 v- f
diciannovesimo. Z. T$ r6 B5 m o7 E8 T6 m
twentieth
# e$ Y# K: j" C' V0 ?ventesimo. \+ J+ |; w" I$ I. B; Z- e. V) t
twenty-first
3 k O. H G7 Z( [/ E9 l* Bventunesimo
" z* w( q2 l; P3 X0 L G" }twenty-third3 B! g N7 x' {1 o* w1 E
ventitreesimo9 R- z2 e) O! A) w' m( l
hundredth3 G8 z1 Y$ Q4 V; q1 u
centesimo
3 f/ ]+ {* J! D: N6 f# F, Fthousandth$ u- `3 j) ?$ z0 H1 u, F
millesimo
8 ]) v! C( ^# T2 y, ^two thousandth
1 M* V3 b; a+ e$ R# fduemillesimo" B% ?" n1 |; K: N+ i
three thousandth
1 A% u [1 a6 @8 G s% Atremillesimo
6 f8 G3 l9 d% F9 y: cone millionth$ b% R3 h: u E% `' F# k
milionesimo
; M! x# `' x8 g, zNotice 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. |