15: How to count to 100 in Italian
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🗓️ 22 May 2017
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How do you count to 100 in Italian, and how can you use these numbers to make your fiancé do the dishes?
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Today's words
1 = uno
2 = due
3 = tre
4 = quattro
5 = cinque
6 = sei
7 = sette
8 = otto
9 = nove
10 = dieci
11 = undici
12 = dodici
13 = tredici
14 = quattordici
15 = quindici
16 = sedici
17 = diciassette
18 = diciotto
19 = diciannove
20 = venti
21 = ventuno
22 = ventidue
23 = ventitre
24 = ventiquattro
25 = venticinque
26 = ventisei
27 = ventisette
28 = ventotto
29 = ventinove
30 = trenta
40 = quaranta
50 = cinquanta
60 = sessanta
70 = settanta
80 = ottanta
90 = novanta
100 = cento
How old are you? = Quanti anni hai?
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| 0:00.0 | How do you count to a hundred in Italian and how can you use these numbers to make your fiancée do the dishes? |
| 0:07.0 | Uh-huh. Find out how in 5 Minutes Italian episode 15. Ciao all all and benvenuti at Five Minute Italian. |
| 0:26.2 | Hi everyone and welcome to Five Minute Italian. |
| 0:28.9 | I'm Katie. |
| 0:29.6 | And then Matteo, Ciao. |
| 0:31.3 | And in today's episode, we're going to learn how to count to a hundred in Italian. |
| 0:36.4 | We're going to be building on what we learnt last lesson. |
| 0:39.3 | So if you miss it, you can go back and listen to that first |
| 0:42.3 | by clicking on the link in the show notes below. |
| 0:45.3 | Right, let's get straight to it. |
| 0:47.3 | 20 to 30 first. |
| 0:51.3 | Can you remember how to say 20 then we have 21 20 then we have 21 22 20 24 25 |
| 1:11.6 | 26 |
| 1:14.6 | 27 |
| 1:16.6 | 28 |
| 1:17.6 | 28 29 |
| 1:23.6 | 30 |
| 1:25.6 | The good news is as you can, the system is quite similar to English. |
| 1:31.3 | So we get the big number first, 20, which means 20, and then we add the little number. |
| 1:39.3 | So to say 23, we say 23. But there are a couple of exceptions like when you add one and |
| 1:51.0 | 8 21 is ventuno and 28 is ventoo so as you can hear here, the i is missing. |
| 2:06.6 | So we don't get 201, we get 201. |
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