If you're trying to learn Italian Numbers you will find some useful resources including a course about Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers... to help you with your Italian grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Italian. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Italian Numbers displayed below is vital to the language. Italian cardinal number convey the "how many" they're also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity.
In Italian numbers from 1 to 20 are unique and therefore need to be memorized individually. Numbers from 21 and upwards are formed by using the following pattern: for example 21 can be formed by using 20 + 1 while connecting them. 22 = ventidue. When 2 vowels are together, the first is dropped to make ventuno (not ventiuno, 21) and ventotto (not ventiotto, 28). 45 can be formed by using 40 + e + 5 while connecting them: 45 = Quarantacinque.
Here are some examples:
| English Numbers | Italian Numbers |
|---|---|
| numbers | numeri |
| one | uno |
| two | due |
| three | tre |
| four | quattro |
| five | cinque |
| six | sei |
| seven | sette |
| eight | otto |
| nine | nove |
| ten | dieci |
| eleven | undici |
| twelve | dodici |
| thirteen | tredici |
| fourteen | quattordici |
| fifteen | quindici |
| sixteen | sedici |
| seventeen | diciassette |
| eighteen | diciotto |
| nineteen | diciannove |
| twenty | venti |
| hundred | cento |
| one thousand | mille |
| million | milione |
Notice the structure of the Numbers in Italian.
Italian Ordinal numbers tell the order of things in a set: first, second, third, etc. Ordinal numbers do not show quantity. They only show rank or position. Below is a list of the Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers in Italian. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Italian vocabulary.
| English Numbers | Italian Numbers |
|---|---|
| Ordinal Numbers | Numeri Ordinali |
| first | primo (masculine) and prima (feminine) |
| second | secondo |
| third | terzo |
| fourth | quarto |
| fifth | quinto |
| sixth | sesto |
| seventh | settimo |
| eighth | ottavo |
| ninth | nono |
| tenth | decimo |
| eleventh | undicesimo |
| twelfth | dodicesimo |
| thirteenth | tredicesimo |
| fourteenth | quattordicesimo |
| fifteenth | quindicesimo |
| sixteenth | sedicesimo |
| seventeenth | diciassettesimo |
| eighteenth | diciottesimo |
| nineteenth | diciannovesimo |
| twentieth | ventesimo |
| once | una volta |
| twice | due volte |
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