NUMERI ED ETA'

03/02/2016 07:50

 Today we are speaking about numbers. 

The first 10 numbers are UNO=one DUE=two TRE=three QUATTRO=four CINQUE=five SEI=six SETTE=seven OTTO=eight NOVE=nine DIECI=ten. 

Then we have UNDICI=eleven DODICI=twelve TREDICI=thirteen QUATTORDICI=fourteen QUINDICI=fifteen SEDICI=sixteen DICIASSETTE=seventeen DICIOTTO=eighteen DICIANNOVE=nineteen VENTI=twenty.

Finally we have VENTI=twenty TRENTA=thirty QUARANTA=forty CINQUANTA=fifty SESSANTA=sixty SETTANTA=seventy OTTANTA=eighty NOVANTA=ninety CENTO=hundred MILLE=thousand.

Composed numbers: for instance twenty three is VENTITRE, sixty nine is SESSANTANOVE, etc. 

To ask somehow about his/her age, we ask: QUANTI ANNI HAI? = how old are you?

REMEMBER THAT WE USE THE VERB "TO HAVE", NOT TO BE. 

To reply, we can say: "HO VENTINOVE ANNI" = I am twenty nine (years old).