How do you count from 1 to 20 in Italian?

And how can you use these numbers to do useful things like buy beer and pay for stuff?

Find out how in 5 minute Italian.

Hi everyone and welcome to 5 minute Italian.

I'm Katie.

And I'm Mateo.

Ciao.

And in today's lesson, we're going to learn how to count to 20 in Italian.

Let's drive straight in. So, Matte to learn how to count to 20 in Italian. Let's drive straight in.

So, Matteo is going to count to 10.

And if you can, count along with him, because saying the numbers out loud will help you

remember them better and get the right pronunciation.

So if you're not on the train, if you're at home, then you can count along with us.

One, two, three, four, five, five, 8, 9, 10.

So that was 1 to 10.

Are there any common mistakes that beginners tend to make when learning these numbers?

Yes. Often people don't pronounce the vowel sounds probably, like in words say, which means 6, and die which means 10.

Yeah, so in Italian when you have two vowel sounds, like in say, and dieci, which means 10.

Yeah, so in Italian, when you have two vowel sounds, like in say,

you have to pronounce each sound fully, so a say.

Some people don't put enough emphasis on the last vowel sound,

so you get something like se, but you have to make sure you get both, so say.

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