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Counting and lining up: the numerals

Cardinals and ordinals (with a nod to multiplicatives and fractionals): how many they are and what position they hold.

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Counting and ordering

Cardinali (quanti?)
unodiecicentomille
Ordinali (in che ordine?)
primosecondodecimocentesimo
Moltiplicativi (quante volte?)
doppiotriploquadruplo
Frazionari (quale parte?)
mezzoun terzoun quarto

: Numerals are the words that express a quantity or an order. Cardinals say HOW MANY there are (uno, due, tre); ordinals say WHAT POSITION something holds (primo, secondo, terzo).

Cardinal numbers from 1 to 20
Da 1 a 10Da 11 a 20
n.parolan.parola
1uno11undici
2due12dodici
3tre13tredici
4quattro14quattordici
5cinque15quindici
6sei16sedici
7sette17diciassette
8otto18diciotto
9nove19diciannove
10dieci20venti
Tens and big numbers (0 = zero)
n.parola
20venti
30trenta
40quaranta
50cinquanta
60sessanta
70settanta
80ottanta
90novanta
100cento
1000mille
Regola d'oro
Cardinals count, ordinals put things in line. One trick to never get it wrong: ask yourself whether you're saying HOW MANY (due caffè, tre amici → cardinal) or WHAT PLACE something holds in the line (il primo caffè, il terzo piano → ordinal).
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