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.$ B4 Z* D7 q* ~5 g1 f1 z" u
ITALIAN CARDINAL NUMBERS: 1-100
& i' ]5 A% A8 b5 D. B 16 H5 j0 {4 L, O; B- c
uno' k, Z' I% H9 R. C* Y. h! v8 g
OO-noh5 r5 d! T- |) H) I+ H
2! g c! J0 w9 ?# t
due
5 h3 U' X( r+ \' Z+ J DOO-eh
/ o ~5 p; y7 `# } 39 {7 Y+ ]( P2 L
tre
E/ i! k( V1 |4 }, R TREH
5 e& p8 J) S1 j/ w, E 47 e& [9 j/ N8 i
quattro
6 q! n$ J) ?* M3 W7 n) b+ T' ~ KWAHT-troh7 X7 f9 `0 A! n, _3 N
5' o" d: i/ S+ r8 v7 W
cinque
, s0 a8 j* d( ?) ^ CHEEN-kweh
/ }/ U8 U% X4 R; p. k% G! ]/ r1 i 6 v/ o( @$ n* H2 r
sei$ C* }5 |0 N& L
SEH-ee% V6 B9 n4 E4 e3 T5 f o, H
7
# W& x( G8 X/ ` sette, I7 T# T+ w8 d% ^; Y- G
SET-teh
2 M1 S5 v3 i0 e9 ]( u ^2 Z 8
N4 ]4 d/ R6 u8 ?7 x1 d otto
1 j3 g$ C( I, H" p7 @. ~ OHT-toh
+ Z9 `, ~' b: G( r6 C 93 U) l4 F5 ]# [
nove
6 P. k& p9 n; l* H) g NOH-veh
- T& f( y$ U# ]3 u2 } 10
* w& n/ c4 `9 m! ?5 Y8 T dieci! _! D6 M$ R4 G! @' ?# F
dee-EH-chee5 K7 G* }$ m2 W6 D h
11& \8 D) [$ t6 c8 A
undici( T$ A7 m2 M4 l# \8 Y2 Y. U
OON-dee-chee4 b) f. ~5 b9 G
12
3 F W5 q) c1 G( R u, o" w+ ~ dodici0 f! Z: G! K. `9 Z0 T4 o. V
DOH-dee-chee5 s* G: N( G+ }9 Y* X
13# O" n. f) l( H/ t
tredici) L, P' _# Z! d9 _
TREH-dee-chee
" M$ T- i9 n; [7 C 14: G# J9 h7 ^7 K
quattordici: R( T% n2 u; ~+ `6 I9 D0 g
kwaht-TOR-dee-chee! Z! x- _) S& M/ _/ f
15
4 h( G. }& P0 V4 @' N. Y J* H quindici
( d. z# A) ~! t6 R/ x; d) k4 ]( p KWEEN-dee-chee
4 S1 y( n7 V q( r, F 16
" `% o7 ^7 Q- o sedici
, ~1 L3 X& z; Q. M+ [2 {, H1 V, ] SEH-dee-chee' r |( J2 C! G% _
17
$ V9 y" x4 n5 L2 T& \) C4 q) I( } diciassette
8 C9 j3 i3 o3 G: B7 ^% A' } dee-chahs-SET-teh
/ b6 j h, I; O# o% _2 s 18
! I" @4 |( M8 o( \: c diciotto
& x. S/ H" |. p. s0 g7 T6 M dee-CHOHT-toh
4 M( Z- V( z7 d- Q% a. [$ I9 H1 K 19
7 j, q+ V: t' b! G diciannove1 F# |7 N. E& E) m8 ~2 {6 A
dee-chahn-NOH-veh2 u* }# h1 p1 E8 r% H8 J5 w* g
20
) u `2 U8 l- y0 O6 K venti: x; h. v# G4 F! [% p
VEN-tee3 @4 t. B0 O8 o& Z& {& E2 n9 t
21
& i9 k& E' I0 p# D# J; _; ` ventuno2 f# T. [, o; W7 Q
ven-TOO-noh: N/ q2 s' ]9 {5 n: ?( F4 R
22
* V5 @: G: n: |3 q/ H7 Y ventidue/ ^! {4 v. R3 q/ \2 y
ven-tee-DOO-eh
) \) A' W5 P/ b) q) q 23
3 ]; P* X* a+ G' ` ventitré7 z4 O8 @6 R4 k: }
ven-tee-TREH
, b6 Q5 h4 O1 ? 24. V- n0 K! k0 k. L1 p0 P
ventiquattro
$ _1 s6 p J h$ t: B7 z ven-tee-KWAHT-troh
+ f& p3 y* f9 y0 }4 ]1 p 25
3 `% J4 o8 v, H' n venticinque1 E9 U5 ^; g% E6 I" `
ven-tee-CHEEN-kweh
7 Q. r1 E& v7 `" L 26# d0 `9 D' ^- x6 k! z" |' ^1 U
ventisei
. \! m& _( P* E9 K$ \ ven-tee-SEH-ee
/ X+ [4 N3 H1 {' H& s 27
" q$ w$ h$ U4 c2 ] ventisette% @- H+ P' ^% ?) i6 F& C
ven-tee-SET-teh4 ^( Y, [5 Q: G! l
28& ~$ ^, H6 U3 ~3 t% n" ^0 V' {, J1 w
ventotto
( I& \ d: r1 ^: |1 ? ven-TOHT-toh
4 P( _8 r# o$ Y 29
& |2 G" S/ A1 d$ E% J ventinove
' M; k* @0 d0 v( L; ~; ?7 G( W. ^ ven-tee-NOH-veh
. V' G: A# X8 O6 y9 D+ d 30
/ W6 [/ R( z7 f. o/ D% ~4 B* ]5 z! [ trenta
. _3 `. Z% ], X TREN-tah
7 f+ s: c6 W7 C* q2 h5 Y 40
5 S1 H! h$ i* V/ {; J quaranta1 L- J5 e/ x$ y# z2 U: G7 }$ T
kwah-RAHN-tah
5 A# S$ N: U- ], V3 z/ f* S 50
6 M: K; V4 i k0 i0 @4 c cinquanta
$ O; H% @2 E2 h! Q. y5 g0 _" L cheen-KWAHN-tah
! w0 }( h8 B2 g0 D: Y% M0 P 60
$ o' t: U0 t( V- K& ~: j- i sessanta1 d0 O5 K+ x; h
ses-SAHN-tah
3 C. c/ V( K3 h- b/ M0 i; v 70: x9 f; e9 G) p6 |5 K* c2 D
settanta
. g) U$ n2 b# V4 U. r) d set-TAHN-ta
; L! |" a/ W; N: K& f% m 80
. b" `, {- h1 o D( d ottanta
0 O3 ?$ M) `* P( e% a: G oht-TAHN-ta3 s/ u0 [1 m" H8 v% U h6 F
90
, y2 d$ i1 [+ ~ novanta O' |2 f2 a' H9 W6 |5 q2 j
noh-VAHN-tah
! k/ _& u' t1 Q$ z O; o 100. P! _3 G( S$ f' h/ w
cento
, \2 z# y2 L. \/ s+ u( ] CHEN-toh: W6 b t% j h M# h# Y
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. |