Counting in Italian
How to Count from 1 to 100 in Italian
Ciao a tutti! Hope you’ve all had a nice Easter or Pasqua in Italian! I always get asked about how to count in Italian and so I thought I’d do a nice little blog post about it.
Italian Cardinal Numbers: 1 – 100
| 1 | uno | 11 | undici | 21 | ventuno | 31 | trentuno |
| 2 | due | 12 | dodici | 22 | ventidue | 32 | trentadue |
| 3 | tre | 13 | tredici | 23 | ventitré | 33 | trentatré |
| 4 | quattro | 14 | quattordici | 24 | ventiquattro | 40 | quaranta |
| 5 | cinque | 15 | quindici | 25 | venticinque | 50 | cinquanta |
| 6 | sei | 16 | sedici | 26 | ventisei | 60 | sessanta |
| 7 | sette | 17 | diciassette | 27 | ventisette | 70 | settanta |
| 8 | otto | 18 | diciotto | 28 | ventotto | 80 | ottanta |
| 9 | nove | 19 | diciannove | 29 | ventinove | 90 | novanta |
| 10 | dieci | 20 | venti | 30 | trenta | 100 | cento |
Writing Numbers in Italian
When -tre is the last digit of a larger number, it takes an accent: ventitré, trentatré, quarantatré, and so on.
The numbers venti, trenta, and so on drop the final vowel before adding -uno or otto: ventuno, ventotto.
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