Learn how to say numbers 1-100
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Intro |
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| Laura: "Buongiorno!" |
| Marco: Marco here! Basic Bootcamp , Lesson 4 - Counting from One to Twenty |
| Laura: Hello everyone! I'm Laura, and welcome to ItalianPOD101. |
| Marco: With us, you'll learn to speak Italian with fun and effective lessons. |
| Laura: We also provide you with cultural insights... |
| Marco: ...and tips you won't find in a textbook. |
| Marco: What items will we count one by one, Laura? |
| Laura: Wine bottles? |
| Laura: Remember, commenting each day... |
| Marco: and posting in the forum are two great ways to get answers. |
| Laura: Community members, {Marco} (laughter) |
| Marco: {Laura} (laughter) |
| Laura: and staff are all ready to help! |
| Marco: Definitely take advantage! Okay... |
| Marco: In this lesson, you will learn about numbers and counting from one to ten in Italian, and we'll also have a quick look at some of the numbers beyond ten. |
| Laura: This conversation takes place in a factory counting items for the inventory. |
| Marco: Let's listen to the conversation. |
| Laura: The speakers are (relationship here), therefore the speakers/speaker will be speaking formal/informal Italian |
| Dialogue |
| Laura: Uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, sette, otto, nove, dieci. |
| Laura: Undici, dodici, tredici, quattordici, quindici, sedici, diciassette, diciotto, diciannove e venti! |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Laura: Uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, sette, otto, nove, dieci. |
| Laura: Undici, dodici, tredici, quattordici, quindici, sedici, diciassette, diciotto, diciannove e venti! |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Laura: Uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, sette, otto, nove, dieci. |
| Marco: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. |
| Laura: Undici, dodici, tredici, quattordici, quindici, sedici, diciassette, diciotto, diciannove e venti! |
| Marco: Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen and twenty! |
| Post Conversation Banter |
| Laura: Okay, so there are not a lot of items in that factory! |
| Marco: True! Let's say it's a small factory. |
| Laura: Or it could be someone counting money too. |
| Marco: Well then, it's not a very productive factory! By the way, the currency in Italy is the euro, but what was it before? |
| Laura: It used to be the lira. We switched currencies with the EU in 2001. |
| Marco: That must have been strange. |
| Laura: Yes, at first it was really confusing. Especially because the rate wasn't a round count. |
| Marco: It's something like 1 euro equals 1,936.27 lire, right? |
| Laura: Yes. And it was very hard with small amounts of money, because all of a sudden everything seemed so cheap! |
| Marco: Did the prices go up in Italy? |
| Laura: Yes, they did! We were the most affected country. The prices increased by thirty percent. |
| Marco: Wow. |
| Vocabulary and Phrases |
| Marco: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| : The first word we shall see is: |
| Laura: zero [natural native speed] |
| Marco: zero, nought, nil |
| Laura: zero [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: zero [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: uno [natural native speed] |
| Marco: one |
| Laura: uno [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: uno [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: due [natural native speed] |
| Marco: two |
| Laura: due [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: due [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: tre [natural native speed] |
| Marco: three |
| Laura: tre [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: tre [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: quattro [natural native speed] |
| Marco: four |
| Laura: quattro [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: quattro [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: cinque [natural native speed] |
| Marco: five |
| Laura: cinque [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: cinque [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: sei [natural native speed] |
| Marco: six |
| Laura: sei [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: sei [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: sette [natural native speed] |
| Marco: seven |
| Laura: sette [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: sette [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: otto [natural native speed] |
| Marco: eight |
| Laura: otto [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: otto [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: nove [natural native speed] |
| Marco: nine |
| Laura: nove [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: nove [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: dieci [natural native speed] |
| Marco: ten |
| Laura: dieci [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: dieci [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: undici [natural native speed] |
| Marco: eleven |
| Laura: undici [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: undici [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: dodici [natural native speed] |
| Marco: twelve |
| Laura: dodici [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: dodici [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: tredici [natural native speed] |
| Marco: thirteen |
| Laura: tredici [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: tredici [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: quattordici [natural native speed] |
| Marco: fourteen |
| Laura: quattordici [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: quattordici [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: quindici [natural native speed] |
| Marco: fifteen |
| Laura: quindici [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: quindici [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: sedici [natural native speed] |
| Marco: sixteen |
| Laura: sedici [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: sedici [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: diciasette [natural native speed] |
| Marco: seventeen |
| Laura: diciasette [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: diciasette [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: diciotto [natural native speed] |
| Marco: eighteen |
| Laura: diciotto [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: diciotto [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: diciannove [natural native speed] |
| Marco: nineteen |
| Laura: diciannove [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: diciannove [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Laura: venti [natural native speed] |
| Marco: twenty |
| Laura: venti [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: venti [natural native speed] |
| Vocabulary and Phrase Usage |
| Marco: Let's have a closer look at the usuage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Laura: The first word/phrase we’ll look at is.... |
| Laura: Okay, now here's what we're going to have you all do. |
| Marco: No matter where you are, no matter whether you're at home, on the subway, or in your car, we want you to talk to yourself. |
| Laura: Yes, don't worry if people think you look like you're crazy. |
| Marco: Basically, Laura is going to read out each number, and you have to repeat after her. |
| Laura: Okay, here we go. I will read it out and give you time to repeat it aloud after me. |
| (reads slowly with a two-second break) "Uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, sette, otto, nove, dieci." |
| Marco: Okay, those aren't too hard. |
| Laura: No, it only gets a little trickier after your reach ten. |
| Marco: Yes. So, after ten, there is… |
| Laura: "Undici," "eleven." That was a tough one, Marco. Okay, more seriously, the ten numbers after ten are "undici, dodici, tredici, quattordici, quindici, sedici, diciassette, diciotto, diciannove, venti." |
| Marco: Okay, Laura is going to read those out and you will repeat after her, just like you did earlier. There you go. |
| Laura: (reads slowly and two-second break) "Undici, dodici, tredici, quattordici, quindici, sedici, diciassette, diciotto, diciannove, venti." |
| Marco: They all sound pretty different! And what happens after "venti?" After "twenty," Laura? |
Lesson focus |
| Laura: Well, what happens after "venti" is what will be the general rule for counting in Italian. No more randomness. |
| Marco: That's good. I mean, talking about numbers, you would expect some order, right? |
| Laura: Yes. So the numbers "ventuno," "ventidue," and "ventitre" and so on will be pretty much like in English, literally, "twenty-one," "twenty-two," and "twenty-three." |
| Marco: Here are a few examples. |
| Laura: Let's take "ventuno," which is "venti" plus "uno." As "uno" starts with a vowel, cut out the "-i" from "venti" before adding "-uno." "Ventuno." It sounds better. |
| Marco: "Twenty-two" will be "venti-due," and "twenty-five" will be "venti-cinque." No vowels here. |
| Laura: And finally, "twenty-eight" will be "ventotto" instead of "venti-otto" because it starts with a vowel. |
| Marco: Isn't it easy? And this will be the general rule until ninety-nine, right? |
| Laura: Yes. Just remember, for "twenty-one," "thirty-one," "forty-one," etc., as well as "twenty-eight," "thirty-eight," and "forty-eight," etc., you need to cut off the last letter from the "venti," "trenta," "quaranta," etc. before adding "uno" or "otto." That's because "uno" and "otto" start with a vowel. |
| Marco: For example, since "twenty" is "venti" and one is "uno," "twenty-one" will be "ventuno." "Twenty-eight" will be "ventotto." "Thirty-one" is "trentuno," "thirty-eight" is "trentotto," and so on. |
| Laura: Yes, and when adding other numbers beginning with a consonant, remember to pronounce both numbers clearly. Listen carefully…"venti-due," "venti-tre," "venti-quattro," "venti-cinque," etc. |
| Marco: And you're all set to count until ninety-nine. |
| Laura: Yes, once you know the multiples of ten, I mean twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, etc...it is super easy. From ten to twenty it's a bit irregular, but after that, it gets easier. We'll talk more about numbers in another lesson. |
| Marco: Let's count from twenty-one to twenty nine, just to make sure it all makes sense. |
| Laura: Okay, remember that "twenty" is "venti." There you go…"ventidue," "ventitré," "ventiquattro," "venticinque," "venticinque," "ventisei," "ventisette," "ventotto," "ventinove." |
| Marco: All right. Now you can all work in an Italian wine bottle factory!! |
| Laura: Oh how lucky... |
| Marco: Okay, I think that's it for today. |
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