Numbers

1. Unu, dui, trè

   One, two, three

   Usage

   Basic counting from one to three

   Grammar Note

   Unu is masculine, una feminine. Dui becomes duie before feminine nouns (duie surelle). Trè carries a final accent

2. Quattru, cinque

   Four, five

   Usage

   Four and five, for quantities or counting people

   Grammar Note

   Neither changes by gender. Quattru ends in -u, cinque in -e

3. Quantu costa in tuttu?

   How much does it come to in total?

   Usage

   Ask for the total price when buying several items

   Grammar Note

   Quantu (how much) + costa (it costs) + in tuttu (in total). Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. Centu euro

   One hundred euros

   Usage

   Saying an amount of one hundred euros

   Grammar Note

   Centu does not change, and euro stays invariable

5. Sei, sette, ottu, nove, dece

   Six, seven, eight, nine, ten

   Usage

   Numbers six to ten, useful for phone numbers, prices and quantities

   Grammar Note

   None changes by gender. Learner texts sometimes print séi sétte with acute accents, but the standard spelling has no marks

6. Vinticinque euro

   Twenty-five euros

   Usage

   Saying an amount of twenty-five euros

   Grammar Note

   Vinti (20) is joined to the unit in one word (vinticinque), as in vintidui (22)

7. Scrivite u prezzu, pè piacè

   Could you write down the price?

   Usage

   Ask the seller to write the price when you cannot hear or understand it

   Grammar Note

   Scrivite is the polite/plural imperative of scrive (to write); prezzu is masculine. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

8. Mille è cinquecentu euro

   One thousand five hundred euros

   Usage

   Saying a large amount such as 1,500 euros

   Grammar Note

   Mille does not change. Hundreds are written as one word (cinquecentu); è means "and". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

9. Aghju vintiquattru anni

   I'm 24 years old

   Usage

   Answer to "How old are you?"; swap the numeral for another age

   Grammar Note

   Age is expressed with avè (to have): literally "I have twenty-four years". Anni cannot be dropped

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