Italian grammar
Numbers 11–20
Use numbers from eleven to twenty.
From the scene Undici, dodici, venti (Eleven, twelve, twenty)
In short
Eleven to sixteen end in -dici; seventeen to nineteen start with dici-. Twenty is venti.
Your turn
Which one goes with 13 · 14?
Options: undici · dodici · quindici · sedici · tredici · quattordici
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13 · 14 → tredici · quattordici
How it works
Eleven to sixteen end in -dici: undici, dodici, tredici, quattordici, quindici, sedici.
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
Undici? Io voglio (blank) arance.
Clue: 12
Options: dodici · due
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Undici? Io voglio dodici arance.
Eleven? I want twelve.
Good to know
Seventeen to nineteen start with dici-: diciassette, diciotto, diciannove. Twenty is venti.
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
E (blank) mele?
Clue: 13
Options: tredici · tre
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E tredici mele?
And thirteen apples?
11 · 12 undici · dodici
13 · 14 tredici · quattordici
Your turn
What goes with tredici · quattordici?
Options: 15 · 16 · 13 · 14 · 11 · 12
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tredici · quattordici → 13 · 14
15 · 16 quindici · sedici
17 · 18 · 19 diciassette · diciotto · diciannove
Your turn
What goes with diciassette · diciotto · diciannove?
Options: 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 17 · 18 · 19
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diciassette · diciotto · diciannove → 17 · 18 · 19
20 venti
Tomás
Sono venti euro in totale.
That's twenty euros in total.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Sono (blank) euro in totale.
Options: undici · dodici · tredici · quattordici · venti
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Tomás
Sono venti euro in totale.
That's twenty euros in total.
Watch out
Dodici (12) ≠ due (2), quindici (15) ≠ cinque (5).
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
Hai (blank) pomodori?
Clue: 15
Options: cinque · quindici
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Hai quindici pomodori?
Do you have fifteen tomatoes?
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| 11 · 12 | undici · dodici |
|---|---|
| 13 · 14 | tredici · quattordici |
| 15 · 16 | quindici · sedici |
| 17 · 18 · 19 | diciassette · diciotto · diciannove |
| 20 | venti |
More lines from the story
- NuriaUndici? Io voglio dodici arance.Eleven? I want twelve.
- NuriaE tredici mele?And thirteen apples?
- NuriaHai quindici pomodori?Do you have fifteen tomatoes?
- TomásVa bene... quindici euro. E undici arance, non dodici.Okay... fifteen euros. And eleven oranges, not twelve.
- TomásArance! Ho undici arance.Oranges! I have eleven oranges.