Learn Italian - Lesson 1 - Alphabet and Numbers - Steem Skillshare

Hi there,

With this post I would like to start a new series of tutorial here on the steem blockchain, and in particular in the @steem.skillshare community.

Specifically I would like to teach my native language, ITALIAN.

I'm perfectly aware that it is not the most popular language out there nor the most useful, but I think that someone could be interested in learning the language of DANTE.

Dante AlighieriSource

So let's get started!

Lesson 1 - 1 The Italian Alphabet

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The beginning, for any foreign language learning, is always the alphabet.

Here the list of the Italian alphabet from A to Z associated with the most famous cities of the Bel Paese, this is very useful for taking the first steps in the language and in our lands.

The Italian alphabet consists of 5 vowels, 16 consonant nti Italian and 5 foreign consonants.

The vowels are: A - E - I - O - U

The Italian consonants are: B - C - D - F - G - H - L - M - N - P - Q - R - S - T - V - Z

The foreign consonants are: J - K - W - X - Y

Here are all the letters of the Italian alphabet in order (associated with some of the most beautiful cities in Italy, useful when you need to spell a word!):

Letter	City
A	Ancona
B	Bologna
C	Cagliari
D	Domodossola
E	Enna
F	Firenze
G	Genova
H	Hotel
I	Isernia
L	Livorno
M	Milano
N	Napoli
O	Otranto
P	Palermo
Q	Quarto
R	Roma
S	Sassari
T	Torino
U	Urbino
V	Venezia
Z	Zagarolo

Foreign letters are used only in words of foreign origin, therefore there are no Italian cities that begin with a foreign consonant! Here are some foreign words that have entered the Italian vocabulary:

Letter	Word
J	Jeans
K	Ketchup
W	Wurstel
X	Xbox
Y	Yogurt

Lesson 1-2 The Numbers

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Single-digit numbers

Number	Word
1	Uno
2	Due
3	Tre
4	Quattro
5	Cinque
6	Sei
7	Sette
8	Otto
9	Nove

"Irregular" two-digit numbers

Number	Word
11	Undici
12	Dodici
13	Tredici
14	Quattordici
15	Qindici
16	Sedici
17	Diciassette
18	Diciotto
19	Diciannove

Two-digit numbers with a zero

Number	Word
10	Dieci
20	Venti
30	Trenta
40	Quaranta
50	Cinquanta
60	Sessanta
70	Settanta
80	Ottanta
90	Novanta

For other numbers, "regular" digit exists a kind of rule: just merge the number with the zero and the one-digit number by making a "addition" .

Number	Word	"Addition"
25	VentiCinque	20+5
36	TrentaSei	30+6
49	QuarantaNove	40+9

and so on.

the numbers Uno ( 1 ) and Otto ( 8 ) start with a vowel , therefore, when joining them with the numbers with zero (which end with a vowel ), you must remember not to pronounce (or write) the final vowel of thenumber with zero . Here are some examples:

Number	Word	"Addition"
21	VentUno	20+1
38	TrentOtto	30+8
61	SessantUno	60+1

Let's move on!

Three-digit numbers with two zeros

Number	Word
100	Cento
200	DueCento
300	TreCento
400	QuattroCento
500	CinqueCento
600	SeiCento
700	SetteCento
800	OttoCento
900	NoveCento

As you can see, except for the first (Cento), all other 3-digit numbers with two zeros are formed by joining the single- digit number + one hundred .

To form the other three-digit numbers it will be sufficient to perform another “addition”. Here are some examples:

Number	Word	"Addition"
122	CentoVentiDue	100+20+2
156	CentoCinquataSei	100+50+6
235	DueCentoTrentaCinque	2+100+30+5

Finally, we have four-digit numbers with three zeros ; to form them just join the single- digit number with the word " MILLA ", except for a Mille (1000). Here's the list:

Number	Word
1000	Mille
2000	DueMila
3000	TreMila
4000	QuattroMila
5000	CinqueMila
6000	SeiMila
7000	SetteMila
8000	OttoMila
9000	NoveMila

For all other four-digit numbers, the addition rule always applies:

Number	Word	"Addition"
1977	MilleNovecentoSettantaSette	1000+900+70+7
2123	DueMilaCentoVentiTre	2000+100+20+3

Big numbers are:

Millions

Number	Word
1000000	UnMilione
2000000	DueMilioni

Billions

Number	Word
1000000	UnMiliardo
2000000	DueMiliardi

For the first lesson I think it is enough, thanks for reading!