Quanto Flashcards
Quanto (quanta, quanti, quante)
how many - agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies
quante lezioni hai oggi?
how many classes do you have today
quanto tempo hai?
how much time do you have
when is quanto invariable?
when it precedes the verb
quanto costa la torta?
how much is the cake?
quant’e la torta?
how much is the cake?
how much is the cake?
quant’e la torta? quanto costa la torta?
sette dollari
seven dollars
quanto fa quaranta meno sette?
how much is forty minus seven?
Fa trentatre
its thirty three
avere _(age)_ anni
to express age
quanti anni ha pietro?
how old is Pietro?
Pietro ha anni diciannove anni
pietro is 19 years old
which numbers are variable?
zero and una
C’e una fontana in piazza Novana?
Is there one fountain in piazza Novana?
No, ci sono tre fontana
no, there are three fountains
in centro, ci sono due zeri
in 100, there are two zeros
the numbers 21, 31, 41… 91 drop which vowel when placed before a noun?
drop final 0 ventun, trentun, quarantun… novantun
Lisa hai ventun anni
Lisa is 21 years old
what letter do 20, 30, 40… 100 drop before the word anni?
drop the final vowel vent, trent, quarant… cent
La nanna ha ottant’anni
Grandma is 80
do you use a period or comma when talking about money?
coma $3,25
do you use a period or comma when writing long numbers? e.g. 100000000
use periods 100.000.000
what happens when millioni and milliardo are immediately followed by a noun?
put di after millioni and milliardo
