Numbers
Uno, due, tre!
You're ready to count to ten in Italian!
0 ‑
zero
1 ‑
uno
2 ‑
due
3 ‑
tre
4 ‑
quattro
5 ‑
cinque
6 ‑
sei
7 ‑
sette
8 ‑
otto
9 ‑
nove
10 ‑
dieci
Sua zia ha due gatti.
His aunt has two cats.
Primo!
In English, we use words like
first
,
second
,
third
, etc. to talk about the position of something in a list. You can do the same in Italian.
1 ‑
primo
2 ‑
secondo
3 ‑
terzo
4 ‑
quarto
5 ‑
quinto
6 ‑
sesto
7 ‑
settimo
8 ‑
ottavo
9 ‑
nono
10 ‑
decimo
Keep in mind that these words will change their endings depending on the
noun
they describe.
Il
terz
o
bambin
o
.
The third baby boy.
Aspettiamo
una
terz
a
bambin
a
.
We are expecting a third baby girl.
Lei è
la
su
a
prim
a
figli
a
.
She is her first child.
Even more numbers!
We've already had a look at numbers
1‑10
in Italian. Now let's look at
11‑20
!
10 ‑
dieci
11 ‑
undici
12 ‑
dodici
13 ‑
tredici
14 ‑
quattordici
15 ‑
quindici
16 ‑
sedici
17 ‑
diciassette
18 ‑
diciotto
19 ‑
diciannove
20 ‑
venti
Lui studia dieci ore al giorno.
He studies ten hours a day.
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