Learn how to count and deal with numbers in Italian, including dates and appointments. Discover tips for pronouncing months and constructing full dates. Practice asking for someone's date of birth and learn about important dates in Italian history.
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Learn Number Patterns And Elisions
Practice Italian numbers from 1–20 until the patterns feel natural, since many teen numbers share endings and stress patterns.
Drop or elide vowels when joining tens with 1 or 8 (e.g., ventuno, ventotto) to speak correctly.
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Two Distinct Teen Number Patterns
Italian forms for 11–16 use a common suffix where stress falls on the syllable before -dici( )e.
For 17–19 Italian reverses form to start with 'dici-' followed by the unit (diciassette, diciotto, diciannove).
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Combine Tens Correctly And Mark Accents
Form 20–99 by combining tens with unit words, remembering to drop the tens vowel before 1 or 8.
Accent the written vowel on stressed final vowels like ventitré and trentatré when writing them.
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One thing which is vital when you’re learning a language is being able to count and deal with numbers in many situations including paying for things and dealing with dates and appointments. In this episode you’ll learn to count in Italian and you’ll learn the words for the days of the week and the months of the year.
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