Italian numbers 1 to 100

Italian numbers are about as friendly as they come: highly regular, and because Italian is written exactly as it sounds, you can pronounce them correctly the moment you read them. Learn 1 to 20 and the tens, and everything to 100 falls into place.

1 to 20

From 11 to 16 the unit comes first (-dici = ten); from 17 it flips to ten-first (diciassette = ten-seven).

The tens

Building everything in between

Just attach the unit straight onto the ten — no "and" needed: ventuno (21), ventidue (22), trentacinque (35), novantanove (99). Two small spelling tweaks make it flow:

• The ten drops its final vowel before uno and otto: venti + uno → ventuno; trenta + otto → trentotto.
• Tre takes an accent when added on the end: ventitré (23), trentatré (33).

Where beginners slip up

• The vowel drop at 21, 28, 31, 38, etc. — say "ventuno", not "ventiuno".
• Double consonants: sette, otto, sessanta, novanta — hold them slightly longer.
• diciassette and diciannove have double letters that change the rhythm.

Make them stick by saying them

Numbers live in your memory only through repetition. Navoq drills them inside real sentences — ordering, paying, telling the time — out loud, with feedback on your pronunciation and those double consonants. Count to 100 a few times and Italian prices and times become second nature.