The most important Italian numbers for you to learn are the numbers 1 to 12. With those numbers, you can get by in most situations and more or less tell the time.
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So, let?s get on with it?
Firstly, there?s the number zero, which is ?zero?. And then, here are the numbers 1 to 12 in Italian with the pronunciation in brackets.
1 ? uno (oo-noh)2 ? due (doo-eh)3 ? tre (treh)4 ? quattro (kwah-troh)5 ? cinque (chin-kweh)6 ? sei (say)7 ? sette (seh-teh)8 ? otto (oh-toh)9 ? nove (noh-veh)10 ? dieci (dee-eh-cheh)11 ? undici (oon-dee-chee)12 ? dodici (doh-dee-chee)
You can use these numbers with this phrase:
Sono le ___It is ___ o?clock
sono le tre ? it?s 3 o?clocksono le cinque ? it?s 5 o?clocksono le undici ? it?s 11 o?clock
You can get to grips with the numbers one to twelve by repeating them to yourself over and over. The more you count to yourself out loud, the more familiar you?ll become.
Now let?s move onto bigger numbers. Here are the numbers 13 to 20 in Italian:
13 ? tredici14 ? quattordici15 ? quindici16 ? sedici17 ? diciassette18 ? diciotto19 ? diciannove20 ? venti
21?70
The first twenty numbers are the trickiest to learn, I think, because once you know one to nine, they are simply repeated over and over for most of the tens. Here are the numbers 21 to 70 in Italian:
21 ? 3021 ? ventuno22 ? ventidue23 ? ventitr24 ? ventiquattro25 ? venticinque26 ? ventisei27 ? ventisette28 ? ventotto29 ? ventinove30 ? trenta
31 ? 4031 ? trentuno32 ? trentadue33 ? trentatr34 ? trentaquattro35 ? trentacinque36 ? trentasei37 ? trentasette38 ? trentotto39 ? trentanove40 ? quaranta
41 ? 5041 ? quarantuno42 ? quarantadue43 ? quarantatr44 ? quarantaquattro45 ? quarantacinque46 ? quarantasei47 ? quarantasette48 ? quarantotto49 ? quarantanove50 ? cinquanta
51 ? 6051 ? cinquantuno52 ? cinquantadue53 ? cinquantatr54 ? cinquantaquattro55 ? cinquantacinque56 ? cinquantasei57 ? cinquantasette58 ? cinquantotto59 ? cinquantanove60 ? sessanta
61 ? 7061 ? sessantuno62 ? sessantadue63 ? sessantatr64 ? sessantaquattro65 ? sessantacinque66 ? sessantasei67 ? sessantasette68 ? sessantotto69 ? sessantanove70 ? settanta
You might notice that the numbers uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, sette, otto and nove are repeated over and over. The only thing that changes are the tens. So, all you have to learn is venti, trenta, quaranta, cinquanta and sessanta.
70, 80 & 90
We?ve already had the word for ?seventy?, which was ?settanta?. So, you just start again with uno, due, tre?
71 ? 8071 ? settantuno72 ? settantadue73 ? settantatr74 ? settantaquattro75 ? settantacinque76 ? settantasei77 ? settantasette78 ? settantotto79 ? settantanove80 ? ottanta
81 ? 9081 ? ottantuno82 ? ottantadue83 ? ottantatr84 ? ottantaquattro85 ? ottantacinque86 ? ottantasei87 ? ottantasette88 ? ottantotto89 ? ottantanove90 ? novanta
91 ? 10091 ? novantuno92 ? novantadue93 ? novantatr94 ? novantaquattro95 ? novantacinque96 ? novantasei97 ? novantasette98 ? novantotto99 ? novantanove100 ? cento
The word for 100 is ?cento?, and all you have to do is put all the numbers we?ve learnt so far after it:
The 100s
101 ? 110101 ? centouno102 ? centodue103 ? centotr104 ? centroquattro105 ? centrocinque106 ? centosei107 ? centosette108 ? centootto109 ? centonove110 ? centodieci
And then 200 is ?duecento?:
200 ? 210200 ? duecento201 ? duecentouno202 ? duecentodue203 ? duecentotr204 ? duecentoquattro205 ? duecentocinque206 ? duecentosei207 ? duecentosette208 ? duecentootto209 ? duecentonove210 ? duecentodieci
The words for the rest of the hundreds are quite easy; you just put the numbers tre, quattro, cinque etc in front of ?cento?.
300 ? 1000300 ? trecento301 ? trecentouno302 ? trecentodue303 ? trecentotr400 ? quattrocento500 ? cinquecento600 ? seicento700 ? settecento800 ? ottocento900 ? novecento1000 ? mille
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