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Subject Pronouns, Avere and Essere

Numbers by Ronald Glenn Wrigley, M.A.

The cardinal numbers in Italian follow a spelling pattern. Be careful, spelling can be tricky.

1 uno

2 due

3 tre

4 quattro

5 cinque

6 sei

7 sette

8 otto

9 nove

10 dieci

11 undici

12 dodici

13 tredici

14 quattordici

15 quindici

16 sedici

17 diciassette

18 diciotto

19 diciannove

20 venti

21 ventuno

22 ventidue

23 ventitrè

24 ventiquattro

25 venticinque

26 ventisei

27 ventisette

28 ventotto

29 ventinove

30 trenta

31 trentuno

32 trentadue

33 trentatrè

40 quaranta

50 cinquanta

60 sessanta

70 settanta

80 ottanta

90 novanta

100 cento

101 centouno

150 centocinquanta

200 duecento

300 trecento

400 quattrocento

500 cinquecento

600 seicento

700 settecento

800 ottocento

900 novecento

1.000 mille

All of these numbers are invariable except zero and uno.

The number uno has the same forms as the indefinite article. Un amico can mean a friend or one friend, depending on the context. The plural of zero is zeri:

Ci sono due zeri nel numero di telefono. There are two zeros in the phone number:

When -tre is the last digit of a number larger than 20, the final -e is accented:

ventitrè, trentatrè, quarantatrè, etc:

Numbers from venti to novanta drop their final vowel before adding -uno or -otto:

ventuno, trentotto, novantuno

The numbers ventuno, trentuno, up to novantuno, usually drop the final -o when followed by a noun:

Mio fratello ha quarantun anni.

When followed by the word anni, the numbers venti, trenta, up to nov-anta, usually drop the final vowel:

Mio nonno ha ottant'anni.

The function of periods and commas in English is reversed in Italian:

<tgroup cols="2"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center"/> <thead> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>English</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>Italian</p></td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1,000</p></td> <td><p>1.000</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>1.25%</p></td> <td><p>1,25%</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <p>In spoken Italian, the word <emphasis>virgola</emphasis> (comma) is used:</p> <table frame="all" width="100%"> <title/> <tgroup cols="2"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center"/> <thead> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>English</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>Italian</p></td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>1.5% (one point five percent)</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>1,5% (uno virgola cinque percento)</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <p>The indefinite article is not used with <emphasis>cento</emphasis> (hundred) and <emphasis>mille</emphasis> (thou-sand), as it is in English:</p> <p><emphasis>cento dollari</emphasis> <emphasis role="Bolditalic">a hundred dollars</emphasis></p> <p><emphasis>mille dollari</emphasis> <emphasis role="Bolditalic">a thousand dollars</emphasis></p> <p><emphasis>Cento</emphasis> has no plural form. <emphasis>Mille</emphasis> has the plural form <emphasis>mila</emphasis>:</p> <p><emphasis>cento dollari, duecento dollari</emphasis> <emphasis role="Bolditalic">one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars</emphasis></p> <p><emphasis>mille dollari, duemila dollari</emphasis> <emphasis role="Bolditalic">one thousand dollars, two thousand dollars</emphasis></p> <h2>Exercise 13: Numbers</h2> <div class="npmo"> <img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/np/italian-practice/track.jpg"> <div class="npcp"><p>TRACK 8</p></div> </div> <p>Listen to Track 8. 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