Italian · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 12
Quanto? Numeri e prezziHow much? Numbers and prices
From one to a hundred in a single chapter — because the system is honest: you learn undici–diciannove, then the tens, and the rest is BUILT: venti + due = ventidue. Only two tricks: before uno and otto the ten drops its vowel (ventuno, ventotto), and tre takes an accent (ventitré). With the numbers come prices: the euro (which does NOT change in the plural: due euro) and il prezzo. Mike counts the cornetti up to thirty.
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Quanti cornetti?— How many cornetti?
- GiuliaMike, quanti cornetti?Mike, how many cornetti?
- MikeDieci, venti, ventuno, ventidue, ventitré… trenta! Trenta cornetti sono trenta euro?Ten, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three… thirty! Are thirty cornetti thirty euros?
- GiuliaNo: sono quaranta euro!No — they're forty euros!
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Quanto? Il gioco dei prezzi— How much? The price game
- GiuliaMarco, quanto è un cappuccino?Marco, how much is a cappuccino?
- MarcoUn cappuccino è due euro. Due cappuccini sono quattro euro!One cappuccino is two euros. Two cappuccinos are four euros!
- GiuliaE sessantasei cappuccini?And sixty-six cappuccinos?
- MarcoSessantasei cappuccini sono… centotrentadue euro! Giulia! Perché?!Sixty-six cappuccinos are… a hundred and thirty-two euros! Giulia! Why?!
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- zero
numeralzero
- undici
numeraleleven
- dodici
numeraltwelve
- tredici
numeralthirteen
- quattordici
numeralfourteen
- quindici
numeralfifteen
- sedici
numeralsixteen
- diciassette
numeralseventeen (the teens flip here: dici + sette)
- diciotto
numeraleighteen
- diciannove
numeralnineteen
- quaranta
numeralforty
- cinquanta
numeralfifty
- sessanta
numeralsixty
- settanta
numeralseventy
- ottanta
numeraleighty
- novanta
numeralninety
- cento
numerala hundred (no article: cento euro, not «un cento»)
- l'euro
n.m.the euro — invariable in the plural: un euro, due euro, cento euro
- il prezzo
n.m.the price (hold the zz — /ts/ doubled: «pret-tso»)
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From zero to a hundred: the system builds itself
Explanation
Italian numbers are learned in three pieces. Piece one, to memorize: undici, dodici, tredici, quattordici, quindici, sedici — then the construction flips: diciassette, diciotto, diciannove (dici + sette/otto/nove). Piece two, the tens: venti, trenta, quaranta, cinquanta, sessanta, settanta, ottanta, novanta, cento. Piece three, the factory: ten + unit, welded into one word — ventidue, trentacinque, novantasei. Two factory rules: before uno and otto the ten drops its final vowel (ventuno, ventotto, quarantuno, sessantotto) because two vowels would collide; and a trailing tre takes the accent: ventitré, cinquantatré. For prices, essere is enough for now: Un caffè è un euro. Due cappuccini sono quattro euro. And remember: euro never changes — cento euro, not «euri». Chapter 21 adds the shop verb; the numbers, from today, are all yours.
Examples
- undici… sedici — poi diciassette, diciotto, diciannoveeleven… sixteen — then seventeen, eighteen, nineteen
- venti + due = ventidue · trenta + cinque = trentacinquetwenty + two = twenty-two · thirty + five = thirty-five
- ventuno, ventotto — ventitrétwenty-one, twenty-eight — twenty-three
- Un caffè è un euro; tre caffè sono tre euro.A coffee is one euro; three coffees are three euros.
- Ventuno cornetti.Twenty-one cornetti.
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