i Numeri

The numbers are the basics to go and buy anything from a shop the answer to the question Quanto? How much? Quanti? How many?. Think of it as a question about quantity. You might answer un chilo è un quarto per favore One kilo and a fourth please.

Note that like in English you can come sixth in a race and you can buy a sixth of something. Where as in English we don't usually ask for a second or a forth of something but rather a half or a quarter, Italian only has a special fraction word for a half, namely mezzo, which also means middle.

nineteen sixty one = diciannove sessantuno but Italians never say that! They say un mille novecento sessantuno???
two thousand and seven = duemila e sette

Some Units - Alcune Unità

The first colum is the English word. The second column is the singular Italian words for "one the whatever". The third column is the plural "the whatevers" as explained on the Starting page!