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.
! i) ]) k: B, y" o i. p ]# s \, Q ITALIAN CARDINAL NUMBERS: 1-1006 S) m/ A" g: p& f
1
% i% i$ u$ N- O& @# h- M( | uno- G' C8 R3 e9 g; k
OO-noh
, X8 h1 j0 H* R) E; K% X 2& }" [* ] ~3 X5 e# Z" ~
due
/ r, p1 y! @% }1 } {; F# Y, V DOO-eh. v/ F; }1 t1 |2 E
38 H# o, e* I' R7 s; J' L& V
tre1 F0 `4 [: k# U( e
TREH
2 Y; V. k2 h3 O( h0 e: {( D 4
) m" u& f. c) u8 ^5 z3 r- \8 g8 v quattro! a. T I7 Q( [! }
KWAHT-troh9 n9 N+ c% }0 B9 |
5
3 G1 ^0 U4 Y3 |3 R cinque
/ X& Q" m- u* |7 k; U CHEEN-kweh
, O1 n5 z [7 a: s+ O 6
1 H. }7 _$ C4 d3 q# i& }) |$ _ sei
p& _3 ?, C8 ?1 {1 f& h7 X( @ SEH-ee" \- W7 p- W( w# J6 q. L6 Y0 n6 r
7
6 w% N7 d6 ]- L# a1 E/ k sette
- v! a% s3 I: v8 Z3 w& o SET-teh& H9 o$ g" x1 F6 h2 C' |; L
8- i0 e- m- \& O* p6 y V' q
otto
7 E# M5 U( t4 i O l- y OHT-toh2 f' Y3 z4 o. [2 P5 j( _# b$ O' F
9
3 T7 h K: i& L nove8 T9 ^2 x8 u6 f1 _
NOH-veh
3 {7 ]4 X) E9 U3 c 104 x$ G' _( Q- K) a( H6 r
dieci6 t9 X( g4 d' ]# v' W
dee-EH-chee0 G/ j, V. {" l' t. e3 ~& w0 H
114 M/ t. L$ x2 [$ \$ f
undici
/ h2 O# k' ]( G+ a1 F- c2 @ OON-dee-chee
+ e0 t- Y& j3 y3 m 12- W7 U/ }& [) n H G
dodici
. X; n+ V8 g6 W+ W6 [ DOH-dee-chee
1 L, i: I9 {* I/ f4 d 13
' H, D0 t [8 T, F tredici- P& ~3 }1 t7 q$ s& S
TREH-dee-chee) L8 r5 b8 x! {- m8 }" K
14
# Y/ v" j$ G& r) X, j quattordici
. L# Y+ u# N% P# T: B4 U+ c8 j kwaht-TOR-dee-chee6 @ h- S, z' R" p7 |
15" Q" M' z0 N; H: j
quindici
. Q6 k) Z) E& a, N! j2 L KWEEN-dee-chee1 D7 i) c, r. c* q) l% ?1 }
162 B' H- T/ J" o5 _* g
sedici
% O* d1 @* l8 U4 {: k1 Y SEH-dee-chee1 S: {5 h+ j4 m$ S+ a
17+ `- \1 z) P) t" e/ S
diciassette
, K2 N4 M- @. _+ ^! j dee-chahs-SET-teh
6 d: T; H! Q. \0 u8 L) [+ {% P0 G5 C. ~ 18
, H3 Q# ?& I5 X diciotto
. M# H' N' V. \% G dee-CHOHT-toh: O' U1 B, F' r; ~! l
19
3 J. Y: b: A; K8 [ diciannove! Z# {, j( n# b
dee-chahn-NOH-veh" ~* c7 g g" D2 x' `
200 A, X1 S; [0 h( K' p) w
venti
' G) d& |; e8 ]: A% Y VEN-tee+ j- J \8 T" V! z
21* ~$ q% E4 U8 m( b/ `/ D0 E
ventuno2 U5 g, s, T( B J5 I
ven-TOO-noh
% u* c) C# I! A# Y. d 226 w- F+ t/ }% ? _
ventidue* U& @" l: f- @3 R" R2 f$ h$ \# u+ K
ven-tee-DOO-eh
$ V& A9 B" V7 s9 C5 `' R; d' E1 @ 231 J/ t+ k; @+ t4 v6 O/ q
ventitré% i3 a! g- ? @1 _% Y9 a$ x. C9 z: Q. w
ven-tee-TREH' M) }4 D% B% |2 X$ H
24
/ g$ _( [8 d2 e% q ventiquattro
' s& J; S: Q& o6 }* _+ D' j& j ven-tee-KWAHT-troh2 U, r* S# T9 ^9 R. `" X
25
! j0 s8 B! }7 X4 b! h1 p venticinque0 A9 C' {# S* D/ T7 I1 E- R
ven-tee-CHEEN-kweh4 i7 b! c+ M% ?8 i9 Z1 g, `& a
26, ?# ~) `. O& i) M( t' @
ventisei3 U1 N7 m3 W- \4 D, T
ven-tee-SEH-ee
- Z5 G8 E/ Q& o! M0 o* O 276 N3 d" L( N. h2 p
ventisette
' F; ]# q5 e1 B ven-tee-SET-teh( f$ e: ]/ _' c( V0 I
28
. E3 o% |; C1 ~; V8 Q4 ? ventotto& t8 p6 A. ?) o% u6 ^% [
ven-TOHT-toh
/ b* z, K& `+ D! P* m 29
: V' w8 S4 `( F) K1 k* \, q ventinove
- Z8 `" y9 q( z: ^1 s. B+ B; J/ Q ven-tee-NOH-veh+ l- ?7 p! n' A0 D
30# K' B* Q4 q7 q# S: k
trenta! @/ n; p$ ?3 o* `7 G
TREN-tah& K& \& I3 Y9 W4 r. b- Q
40
% d, T$ S' Q2 L* X' ` quaranta# D6 n, U- i* [' F/ ^4 U
kwah-RAHN-tah7 l4 E, ?/ I+ J5 b1 G6 C
508 @) s" \5 Y! |& g
cinquanta7 f! y& V; D2 T: I9 ]# Y
cheen-KWAHN-tah
- ]9 J9 }: a% z5 r! B/ R% V( f 60* I A5 s+ Z9 y
sessanta
$ @: \8 I9 ^, R* x+ y ses-SAHN-tah6 _6 r4 l; ^3 I" @3 }
70. O- d1 m* K3 x! }3 `5 V
settanta
3 h! G7 O! p% U+ B( O$ h set-TAHN-ta- |) B0 e2 {+ }( F2 h0 K1 W
80
) h+ `0 T% H( t) I0 u, G$ Z' y ottanta6 \/ M- }2 ~! P/ _# |
oht-TAHN-ta
K4 Y# q& X1 ~( q) U- R* t" R6 y 90
" Y( R; W" Y# i) \- g) A novanta
3 g! x/ I- N* y" \% I; m6 ?( N noh-VAHN-tah0 d/ V$ I& X& e& d1 n
100
* H3 ~! d- o8 Z+ g( H6 H# v* ^- M cento
. |$ m r) T4 x) j CHEN-toh# A: K0 v* {& P$ I8 }
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. |