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Intro
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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