Do you want to learn how to say Italian numbers 1-10? You are in the right place: I’ll show you i numeri da 1 a 10 [ee NOOH-meh-ree dah OOH-noh ah DYEH-chee] in Italiano, Italian numbers from 1 to 10. You may need to know the numbers to order 1 or 2 or 10 coffees, or catch the right bus, you never know. So, all for you here are the first 10 Italian numbers plus the not sufficiently appreciated zero. 🙂
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Italian numbers 1-10
- uno [OOH-noh] one
- due [DOOH-eh] two
- tre [TREH] three
- quattro [KWAHT-troh] four
- cinque [CHEEN-kweh] five
- sei [SEY] six
- sette [SEHT-teh] seven
- otto [OHT-toh] eight
- nove [NOH-veh] nine
- dieci [DYEH-chee] ten
And zero? it’s still zero but the pronunciation is different: [DZEH-roh].
It is always difficult to actually use the numbers in another language. They say that you can really master a foreign language only when you think in that language and moreover you can calculate using that language’s numbers. To me it is impossible. I have already difficulties with math as it is in Italian. 😀 I don’t think I could do calculations in English. As for German or French: help! In French it is quite simple until we get to 70, soixante-dix… Why not septante? And 80? Quatre-vingts. No, thank you, it is too complicated.
In German the inversion when pronouncing the digits is a real pain! Why am I supposed to say vierundzwanzig and not zwanzigundvier? 🙁 When I have to say it, ok, I can do it. But when I am at the restaurant/supermarket/whatever and they say to me : “You have to pay vierundzwanzig euro” I can’t help but focusing on the vier and I end up looking for the written digits on the cash register.
In order to provide you with an extra help I recorded an audio file. So, if you want to hear the Italian numbers pronunciation, turn on the speakers and click on the play button below!
Enjoy and practise!
Discussion3 Comments
Thanks for the lesson and audio file, really useful 🙂
You’re welcome. I’m happy to help! 🙂
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