| Numbers in Italian: A Quick Tour. | |
| Here are the numbers from zero to ten. | |||
| Number | Name | Pronunciation | |
| 0 | zero | tsay-roh | |
| 1 | uno | oo-noh | |
| 2 | due | doo-ay | |
| 3 | tre | tray | |
| 4 | quattro | kwaht-troh | |
| 5 | cinque | cheen-kway | |
| 6 | sei | say-ee | |
| 7 | sette | seht-tay | |
| 8 | otto | oht-toh | |
| 9 | nove | noh-vay | |
| 10 | dieci | dee-ay-chee | |
| From eleven to nineteen, the form "dici" (10) is combined with the unit numbers. | |||
| Number | Name | Pronunciation | |
| 11 | undici | oon-dee-chee | |
| 12 | dodici | doh-dee-chee | |
| 13 | tredici | tray-dee-chee | |
| 14 | quattordici | kwaht-tohr-dee-chee | |
| 15 | quindici | kween-dee-chee | |
| 16 | sedici | say-dee-chee | |
| 17 | diciasette | dee-chah-seht-tay | |
| 18 | diciotto | dee-choh-toh | |
| 19 | dicianove | dee-chah-noh-vay | |
| Starting with twenty, the tens are expressed this way. | |||
| Number | Name | Pronunciation | |
| 20 | venti | vehn-tee | |
| 30 | trenta | trehn-tah | |
| 40 | quaranta | kwah-rahn-tah | |
| 50 | cinquanta | cheen-kwahn-tah | |
| 60 | sessanta | sehs-sahn-tah | |
| 70 | settanta | seht-tahn-tah | |
| 80 | ottanta | oht-tahn-tah | |
| 90 | novanta | noh-vahn-tah | |
| Any combination of tens and units is formed by adding a unit to a ten like so. | |||
| Number | Name | Pronunciation | |
| 25 | venticinque | vehn-tee-cheen-kway | |
| 22 | ventidue | vehn-tee-doo-ay | |
| 34 | trentaquattro | trehn-tah-kwaht-troh | |
| 36 | trentasei | trehn-tah-say-ee | |
| 37 | trentasette | trehn-tah-seht-tay | |
| 82 | ottantadue | oht-tahn-tah-doo-ay | |
| Note: when a unit begins with a vowel (namely uno and otto), drop the last vowel of the ten when adding the unit: | |||
| 21 | ventuno | vehn-too-noh | |
| 38 | trentotto | trehn-toht-toh | |
| The hundreds are expressed as compounds of due, tre, etc., plus the ending cento. | |||
| Number | Name | Pronunciation | |
| 100 | cento | chehn-toh | |
| 200 | duecento | doo-ay-chehn-toh | |
| 300 | trecento | tray-chehn-toh | |
| 400 | quattrocento | kwaht-troh-chehn-toh | |
| 500 | cinquecento | cheen-kway-chehn-toh | |
| 600 | seicento | say-ee-chehn-toh | |
| 700 | settecento | seht-tay-chehn-toh | |
| 800 | ottocento | oht-toh-chehn-toh | |
| 900 | novecento | noh-vay-chehn-toh | |
| The number 1000 is expressed as mille, but when used as a suffix (at the end of a compound) it becomes mila. | |||
| Number | Name | Pronunciation | |
| 1000 | mille | meel-lay | |
| 2.000 | duemila | doo-ay-mee-lah | |
| 3.000 | tremila | tray-mee-lah | |
| 87.000 | ottantasettemila | oht-tahn-tah-seht-tay-mee-lah | |
| Note: Europeans prefer to use a period instead of a comma to punctuate long numbers: 96.500 instead of 96,500. | |||
| A million is un milione (oon mee-lee-oh-nay), and a billion un miliardo (oon mee-lee-ahr-doh). Their plurals (millions and billions) are milioni (mee-lee-oh-nee) and miliardi (mee-lee-ahr-dee). Hopefully you won't have much use for numbers like these while shopping in Rome! | |||
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