Cardinal Numbers in Italian
Italian cardinal numbers are invariable except for 1 or uno which can take the forms of; uno, una, un and un' in order to agree in gender with the noun to which if refers to, just as the indefinite article does.| 0 - 19 | |||||||
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zero uno due tre quattro |
0 1 2 3 4 |
cinque sei sette otto nove |
5 6 7 8 9 |
dieci undici dodici tredici quattordici |
10 11 12 13 14 |
quindici seidici diciassette diciotto diciannove |
15 16 17 18 19 |
To continue to count beyond diciannove (19) is simple. You merely take the number venti (20) and attach the Italian number for 1 through 9 to the end of venti. For the two numbers beginning with a vowell (uno and otto) you first drop the i off of venti (ventuno and ventotto). This pattern is repeated for all numbers through 99 using the appropriate numbers for 30, 40, etc.
| 21 - 100 | |||||
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venti trenta quaranta cinquanta sessanta settanta ottanta novanta cento |
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 |
ventuno ventidue ventitre ventiquattro venticinque ventisei ventisette ventotto ventinove |
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 |
trentuno trentadue trentatre trentaquattro trentacinque trentasei trentasette trentotto trentanove |
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 |
For numbers over cento (100) it continues to be quite easy. To add values less than cento (100) simply attach the appropriate number to the end of cento, for example; centodiciannove. To create multiples of cento attach the appropriate number to the beginning of cento, for example; duecento. Mille (1.000) is handled in the same manner. There are a few things to keep in mind as we build larger numbers which are;
1) Do not drop the "o" in cento prior to a number starting with a vowel (centouno)
2) The plural for mille (1.000) is mila as in duemila (2.000)
3) In Italian when writing numbers instead of using comas to divide sets of 3 numbers you need to use periods as in 1.000.000 (one million)
4) Once you get to milione (1.000.000) you no longer attach numbers to the beginning of the number. Instead it becomes two words as in "due milione".
Here are a few examples of some larger numbers;
| 0ver 100 | |
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centodieci duecento trecento mille milledue millecento duemila cinquemila centomila un milione due milione un miliardo tre miliardo |
110 200 300 1.000 1.002 1.100 2.000 5.000 100.000 1.000.000 2.000.000 1.000.000.000 3.000.000.000 |
