Ciao a tutti! (Hello everyone!)
Let us begin con (with)... more NUMeri! (numbers!)
The numeri from 11-16 are fairly simple, each one ending in -dici, which could be -teen in English (thirteen, fourteen etc.). The letters in bold represent the stressed syllable of each number.
So:
11-Undici
12-Dodici
13-Tredici
14-Quattordici
15-Quindici
16-Sedici
Great! Now let's pace up to 19:
17-Diciassette
18-Diciotto
19-Diciannove
Facile, isn't it? What does that mean again? Hehe. It means: Easy. Think of the verb 'Facilitate' in English. That should help you :)
Finally, we have reached our twenties. Well, you have I haven't-Ho solo diciotto anni! (solo-only/just/lonely) Haha =).
20-Venti
21-Ventuno* (Venti and other numbers like trenta drop the last vowel before uno and otto, so ventuno NOT ventiuno)
22-Ventidue
23-Ventitré- Tre takes an accent when it is the last digit of a larger number.
Getting the hang of it? As you will have noticed, they start with 'Venti'-'twenty' and end with the first three cardinal numbers-one, two and three.
So, 24 is:
Ventiquattro
25-Venticinque
26-Ventisei
27-Ventisette
28-Ventotto*
29-Ventinove
30-Trenta!
*28 in Italian is not 'Ventiotto' as you would have rightfully thought (which is good! it means you're entering the Italian ideology)
Bravi! (Well done to more than one person). Remember to practise these by listening to the video:)
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Aggettivi-adjectives
Firstly, let's start with the colours. The Italian flag is composed of the colours green, white and red as you can see on the guide's cover.
Red-rosso
Blue-blu
White-bianco
Green-verde
Yellow-giallo
Orange-arancione (ar-an-CHOH-neh)
Black-nero
Brown-marrone
Light blue-azzurro
Purple-viola (vee-YOH-lah)
Grey-grigio (GREE-joh)
Pink-rosa
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