Italian · Beginner (A1) · Chapter 2 of 12
Numbers and prices
Numeri e prezzi
Count from 0 to 100 in Italian, ask how much something costs, understand prices in euros and pay in a shop.
In this chapter you'll learn to
- Count from 0 to 100
- Ask how much something costs
- Understand and say prices in euros
- Pay and get your change
Listen
Tommaso is buying a present at a souvenir shop in Venice. Listen to the whole dialogue first, then line by line.
Tommaso
Buongiorno. Quanto costa questa maglietta?
Good morning. How much is this T-shirt?
Shop assistant
Quindici euro.
Fifteen euros.
Tommaso
E quella?
And that one?
Shop assistant
Quella costa dodici euro.
That one costs twelve euros.
Tommaso
Va bene, prendo quella. Quanto costa una cartolina?
OK, I'll take that one. How much is a postcard?
Shop assistant
Un euro e cinquanta.
One euro fifty.
Tommaso
Allora prendo anche una cartolina. Ecco venti euro.
Then I'll take a postcard too. Here's twenty euros.
Shop assistant
Sono tredici euro e cinquanta. Ecco il resto: sei euro e cinquanta.
That's thirteen euros fifty. Here's your change: six euros fifty.
Tommaso
Grazie. Arrivederci.
Thank you. Goodbye.
Shop assistant
Prego. Arrivederci.
You're welcome. Goodbye.
Understand
Numbers from 1 to 20
Zero is . Learn the numbers from 1 to 20 by heart: you'll use them every day.
Many numbers have double consonants: . Hold the sound a little longer, with a tiny pause before it: ot-to, not o-to.
| Number | Italian | Number | Italian |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 19 | ||
| 10 | 20 |
From 20 to 100
To make numbers like 22 or 35, join the tens and the units into one word: + = , + = .
Two small rules: before and , the tens drop their last vowel (). And when comes at the end, it takes an accent: .
| Number | Italian | Number | Italian |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 60 | ||
| 30 | 70 | ||
| 40 | 80 | ||
| 50 | 90 |
- ventuno21
- trentotto38
- quarantatré43
- cento100
Saying prices
never changes in the plural: , , . For the cents, just add (and) and the number: is €3.50. You rarely need the word (cents).
To ask the price of one thing, say To give the total, the shop assistant says …: (That's €13.50).
- Quanto costa?How much is it?
- Costa due euro.It costs two euros.
- Tre euro e cinquanta.€3.50
- Sono dieci euro e venti.That's €10.20.
More in the grammar: Italian numbers: from 0 to a million · The Italian alphabet and pronunciation
New words
- Quanto costa?How much is it? / How much does it cost?
- l'euroeuro · masculine; the same in the plural:
- la magliettaT-shirt · feminine
- questa / quellathis one / that one · for feminine nouns; masculine: /
- Va bene.OK. / All right.
- Prendo…I'll take…
- la cartolinapostcard · feminine
- alloraso, then
- anchealso, too
- Ecco…Here is… / Here you are.
- Sono… euro.That's… euros.
- il restochange (money you get back) · masculine
- Prego.You're welcome.
- il centesimocent · masculine; plural:
Practise
1.How do you say 17?
2.Write the number 28 in Italian.
twenty-eight euros
3.Put the words in order to ask the price.
Tap the words below in the right order.How much is this T-shirt?
4.The shop assistant says How much do you pay?
5.Complete the question.
How much is the postcard?
6.Match the numbers.
Pick a word on the left, then its meaning on the right.
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Say it out loud
Quanto costa?
How much is it?
Listen, then say it out loud, as close to the recording as you can.
Check
Five questions on this chapter. Then mark it as finished to add its words to your review deck.
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