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.
' f3 I! \7 @2 n" OITALIAN CARDINAL NUMBERS: 1-1008 P) y, S$ M! W Y
1
% i% \. A* V- y2 u- j+ q* G* K; Xuno
! Y' b) \3 s- X* q' o, fOO-noh
& Q! w0 [3 Z: u$ X9 q& E2' e. g9 D% `8 Y: }/ o5 V
due# y% }8 W- ]! H1 z! {: j5 j7 w( w
DOO-eh
! \7 `5 B8 x7 v8 h) Q1 Q3# n0 y" @+ Q( m
tre
$ C4 Y0 y0 u- B/ ^0 j$ q Z5 ^( jTREH- N) B% r- I I9 ^5 C3 W
4& t3 M5 G' g' B% G$ P
quattro* O9 `1 |' q; ~! t {% S7 t/ Z
KWAHT-troh
& p5 S' m, m3 M9 ]+ W7 {- G8 }59 V/ n7 A* z) G/ w
cinque
3 M" a z9 R! N5 }/ dCHEEN-kweh
! F- \: T! Q: W6
: ^* [8 v1 ^8 f/ f1 l! lsei$ x/ {% J( ~5 Y: \
SEH-ee* }2 v7 i8 q- Q" \0 o+ p( I1 x9 j
7
9 S( t- s% y+ l. @" N: tsette1 t p# a0 Z0 {% a7 _
SET-teh" u/ ^% O/ _1 N( w6 ^
85 c$ F0 V2 X% `( K! q! S7 T
otto4 [4 @& V& O/ S$ ^
OHT-toh
( w E7 m! O) ~+ W9
' V4 d4 I. J4 ~nove
3 C; C/ r$ ^9 Q! ^ H: DNOH-veh5 e g2 h4 B! B- S
10
5 `7 s+ O: ~: e z- ?5 ndieci" }# [% d) U' b7 p* _% x9 N
dee-EH-chee6 {! e' I2 W( \. S1 I& F# g
113 l; B# p# Z7 z- S: a+ U
undici
) w4 `9 x/ Q3 n9 }OON-dee-chee, a2 x" s7 u* E) \" Q- ]
12+ s7 \- t2 m8 G( j
dodici
6 ?$ O% _* \+ T: [* jDOH-dee-chee
; ~' U& D8 r! U13
0 L9 y1 v+ Z+ s9 P: L B: d) x/ \tredici: ~) _/ d" n+ i4 u1 E9 z
TREH-dee-chee5 P) v' K. ~2 [ o! z) l3 i7 N
14
* C6 o5 G2 |% `, A, Gquattordici
; A# m. Z S S Ikwaht-TOR-dee-chee0 y; ^- B4 ?+ A: O* _ G; q2 F
15
) K% I3 [/ R W- F: i2 y. cquindici
3 R( E- E3 H2 p0 b. b; s' WKWEEN-dee-chee0 m: P4 c2 W0 [' x2 @" V
16
, I) c8 i& I6 U, G+ ]sedici) M' [& A- F' _( m! Y8 G) B- [2 M) s
SEH-dee-chee
4 W/ C1 p8 |6 }4 Z* j17$ U* }' T1 F: Q3 M
diciassette
0 q! X" d, J% H) |) wdee-chahs-SET-teh
9 }. E& B* D, K; H2 X, P+ \18
j t) I- l' w6 N# wdiciotto3 O F# B9 q0 e8 k' d( \9 {% J
dee-CHOHT-toh
# m- x3 g @6 a) \! J9 d7 L$ z# V2 W19
8 G. W# ^4 I1 a7 T, F0 y" p1 gdiciannove
: Q% b: L5 b: F% O: t$ Adee-chahn-NOH-veh9 X& j1 d# k( P% A9 K! E# I
20% B0 j( h, B# m4 `
venti
0 v. Q3 o; \0 U% P- F8 GVEN-tee5 _! A L# r: N4 m% _
21
4 Z$ U; z& s. c7 a2 a1 Qventuno+ E8 x1 D1 u6 Y& N9 X8 _
ven-TOO-noh0 P/ B& q2 s9 T+ H
22- X6 l# w G% `, C9 `
ventidue
# g. u( j" q% X, L& j) V/ t& W! _ven-tee-DOO-eh
' M$ C& l. h/ ^. N( [5 t4 x23
8 |$ T+ u( K# Qventitré. G# J o! {% f! G# \
ven-tee-TREH
% V. _+ p. _: _) g- k9 h24
8 k4 J9 g1 N( u' l$ @3 a- ~6 { w/ Yventiquattro2 a1 N: i& U: z5 v$ ~
ven-tee-KWAHT-troh \& L" T' q9 t- ^
25
4 \9 g4 H# w4 T0 q8 V0 `+ jventicinque
9 l2 @! o( [7 q9 L' |7 Oven-tee-CHEEN-kweh# q+ W' ?8 G0 m Y
26
( V' s- r) V& I* uventisei
% e6 [! E5 G+ D; D9 b# hven-tee-SEH-ee
( A) r: O5 r3 f" A27! O2 T( G. x: }- h/ D+ [
ventisette
7 a( s3 w* [* l: T. Y: h9 {5 }ven-tee-SET-teh
! h: \- j% ?3 S28: e0 c* [( {8 y4 `
ventotto
, ]# A4 T3 D# p" K! ~7 kven-TOHT-toh
4 R3 ^ G: s' b/ j# l8 Q x/ N' q) o29
+ Y& `8 b$ G! |9 }! Pventinove6 Q3 m; P0 |/ A9 F
ven-tee-NOH-veh1 b2 C. I' P% w! L5 x/ s' _+ Q
30
9 }# `$ `7 c8 g/ ftrenta0 C* X3 L7 e* k( O+ Z0 p
TREN-tah
+ i6 w2 h3 y. O- A6 y40
/ Z# `8 D& A, yquaranta8 C# }" i+ L" a0 e" A5 m# F
kwah-RAHN-tah
, o) J# t/ s" p: T+ l9 A50, O: Q) o: J, `6 ^% I/ k- O! p/ X# z
cinquanta
) D! k- R( I# ?; l6 S0 ?# }cheen-KWAHN-tah# K8 r# u( {) D! r; ~& X: ^! B
60
( W1 F8 s: Q: J5 e* B& Ysessanta4 l2 h3 y3 I1 H; a {& ], h
ses-SAHN-tah
* t b9 ]) S' ^) Q% C0 ?70$ ~$ e: m3 `/ S7 M0 C
settanta; s$ ]0 Q8 Y9 q1 n$ Q& }$ t
set-TAHN-ta* Q, ]) w1 C7 M, x4 Q. p( n
80( M6 f; ^" I3 O7 n0 [
ottanta4 T7 D K' o: }
oht-TAHN-ta
8 O0 V, B( f2 |2 @ y90" Z; _) O' \9 G! z
novanta
) k* T0 t5 ?8 b1 Anoh-VAHN-tah3 z$ f) c: S$ v9 [# k
100
# j1 P; X2 }6 t/ a, ncento8 l6 W$ w, v- C& y& @
CHEN-toh! d) ?/ Y$ A" E& @3 Q B
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. |