Getting to learn the number system in any language is crucial in case you intend to use the language in your day to day life. In case you're hoping to converse in Italian, you will need to know how to use numbers effectively in a variety of scenarios. These can comprise of dealing in change, making a note of phone numbers or addresses, etc. As long as you don't know how to say/identify numbers in Italian, you will have a problem.
In case you're looking at building your basic Italian vocabulary in terms of learning how to say the numbers from one to hundred, this will serve as a good guide. A particularly beneficial aspect for native English speakers is that a fair amount of the things you'll now learn will sound/appear quite familiar.
For starters, there is a distinct similarity in the basic pattern of the numbering systems of both these languages. What this means is you use units' place along with their respective tens, hundreds, or thousands place to make up the entire number. For instance, translating twenty-four and twenty-five would give you ventiquattro and venticinque respectively. So, as long as your basic knowledge of the units, tens, thousands, places is in order, you will have no problems even with the bigger numbers.
One to Twenty:
Given below is the list of numbers in between one and twenty (with pronunciations).
Uno- one - Pronounced: oo--noh
Due - two - Pronounced: doo--eh
Tre- three - Pronounced: treh
Quattro- four - Pronounced: kwaht--troh
Cinque - five - Pronounced: cheen--kweh
Sei - six - Pronounced: she--ee
Sette- seven - Pronounced: ste--teh
Otto- eight - Pronounced: oht--toh
Nove- nine - Pronounced: noh--veh
Dieci - ten - Pronounced: dee--eh--chee
Undici- eleven - Pronounced: oon--dee-chee
Dodici - twelve - Pronounced: doh--dee--chee
Tredici - thirteen - Pronounced: treh-dee--chee
Quattordici - fourteen- Pronounced: kwah--tor--dee--chee
Quindici - fifteen - Pronounced: kween--dee--chee
Sedici - sixteen - Pronounced: seh--dee--chee
Diciassette - seventeen - Pronounced: dee--chahs--set--teh
Diciotto - eighteen - Pronounced: dee--choht--toh
Diciannove - nineteen - Pronounced: dee--chahn--noh--veh
Venti - twenty - Pronounced: ven--tee
Twenty One to Twenty Nine:
This set of numbers will introduce you to the pattern which is to be used with bigger numbers.
Ventuno- twenty one - Pronounced: ven--too--noh
Ventidue- twenty two - Pronounced: ve--tee--doo--eh
Ventitré- twenty three - Pronounced: ven--tee--treh
Ventiquattro- twenty four - Pronounced: ven--tee--kwaht--troh
Venticinque- twenty five - Pronounced: ven--tee--cheen--kweh
Ventisei - twenty six - Pronounced: ven--tee--seh--ee
Ventisette - twenty seven - Pronounced: ven--tee--set--teh
Ventotto - twentyeight - Pronounced: ven--toht--toh
Ventinove - twenty nine - Pronounced: ven--tee--noh--veh
Thirty to Hundred:
Now you essentially need to remember the tens place value and use the units place in accordance.
Trenta is thirty (tren--tah)
Quarantais forty (kwah--rahn--tah)
Cinquanta is fifty (cheen--kwahn--tah)
Sessanta is sixty (ses--sahn--tah)
Settanta is seventy (set--tahn-ta)
Ottanta is eighty (oht--tahn--ta)
Novantais ninety (noh--vahn--tah)
Cento is hundred (chen--toh)
As you go further, you will notice things don't really get complicated. The same basic pattern continues to follow through, regardless of how big a number you're dealing with. After you master the usage of these numbers, there will be no shortage of instances when you'll come by chances to put your knowledge to good use.
