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INTRODUCTION
Ciao tutti! Benvenuti su ItalianPod101.com.
Ciao! Hello and welcome back to Italian Survival Phrases brought to you by ItalianPod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Italy. You'll be surprised at how far a little Italian will go.
Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by ItalianPod101.com, and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment.
This lesson is very straightforward, as we're going to cover counting zero through ten. Let's jump right in.
GRAMMAR POINT
0 zero. Ze-ro. Zero.
1 uno. U-no. Uno.
2 due. Du-e. Due.
3 tre. Tre. Tre.
4 quattro. Quat-tro. Quattro.
5 cinque. Cin-que. Cinque.
6 sei. Sei. Sei.
7 sette. Set-te. Sette.
8 otto. Ot-to. Otto.
9 nove. No-ve. Nove.
10 dieci. Di-e-ci. Dieci.
Counting things in Italian is very straightforward as the number is followed by the thing you are counting. Furthermore, numbers have no gender, except for the number “one” that is normally translated as Uno. In fact, it is also used as the indefinite article “a” / ”an” before nouns, so it can be Uno or Un, before masculine nouns. Un’ with apostrophe. Una before feminine nouns. Just like in Un maglione, “a jumper;” Uno zoccolo, “a clog;” Una borsa, “a bag;” Un’ancora, “an anchor.”
For example, “one person” is Una persona. Una persona. Let’s break down these two words and hear them one more time.
U-na per-so-na. Una persona.
The number comes first, followed by the thing. To say “two people,” you will say Due persone. In this case, Persone is the plural of Persona. In Italian, as you have seen, nouns have singular and plural forms and they can be feminine or masculine. So, we have Persona, which is feminine singular. And normally, most of the feminine singular nouns ending with “a” change this ending into “e” for their plural.
If there are “5 people,” you would have Cinque persone.
Numbers can be very useful especially when shopping in Italy.
Let’s imagine you are buying some presents to bring back to your country. For example, imagine you would like to buy two bags in a nice shop.
"I would like to buy two bags." Vorrei comprare due borse. Vorrei comprare due borse. "I would like to buy two bags."
Let’s break down these words and hear them one more time. Vor-rei- com-pra-re- du-e bor-se. Vorrei comprare due borse.
Vorrei is the Italian word for “I would like.” Comprare is the Italian translation of the verb “to buy.” Then you have the number Due, “two.” Followed by borse, “bags.”
What about buying a nice smart shirt?
"I would like to buy a shirt." Vorrei comprare una camicia. Vorrei comprare una camicia. In this case, we use Una, since we are referring to Camicia, “shirt,” in the singular form.
Camicia is a feminine singular noun. Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time. Ca-mi-cia. Camicia. Let’s hear the entire sentence now. Vorrei comprare una camicia.
Eventually, you change your mind, and decide to buy a Maglione, a “jumper”. You would say, Vorrei comprare un maglione. Vorrei comprare un maglione. “I would like to buy a jumper.” Please note that Maglione is a masculine noun, so for this reason, we have changed the indefinite article Una in Un. Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time. Ma-glio-ne. Maglione. Vorrei comprare un maglione.

Outro
Okay. To close out this lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer. So, buona fortuna, which means “good luck” in Italian.
“One person.” - Una persona.
Una persona.
Una persona.
"Five people." - Cinque persone.
Cinque persone.
Cinque persone.
"I would like to buy two bags." - Vorrei comprare due borse.
Vorrei comprare due borse.
Vorrei comprare due borse.
"I would like to buy a shirt." - Vorrei comprare una camicia.
Vorrei comprare una camicia.
Vorrei comprare una camicia.
"I would like to buy a jumper." - Vorrei comprare un maglione.
Vorrei comprare un maglione.
Vorrei comprare un maglione.
That’s going to do it for today. Remember to stop by ItalianPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Ciao ciao!

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