mille - LORO

How to say long numbers
L195 Unit 5 Attività 5.5
http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c2QnQRnPl2
Long numbers are compound words made up of several individual elements
joined together. In order to say them properly, you will have to remember that
each element keeps its original stress so there are several stressed syllables
rather than just one. For example:
1230
mille (1000)
duecento (200)
trenta (30)
milleduecentotrenta
Compound words have a syllable with primary stress (the syllable where the
main stress falls, usually the one closer to the end of the word) and syllables
with secondary stress (the syllables where the stress originally fell when the
elements were separate).
1230
milleduecentotrenta
Let’s say it together
one more time.
1230
mille (1000)
duecento (200)
trenta (30)
milleduecentotrenta
Now listen to these dates. Do you know why they are important?
1861
Roma diventa
capitale d’Italia
1870
unità
d’Italia
1918
inizio della
dittatura
fascista
1922
fine della prima
guerra mondiale
Now listen and repeat. Make sure you put the stress on the highlighted sounds.
1861
1918
1922
1870
mille
mille
ottocento
novecento
sessantuno
diciotto
mille
mille
ottocento
novecento
settanta
ventidue
Now listen to some more dates. Do you know why they are important?
1945
fine della
Monarchia e
inizio della
Repubblica
1946
entra in
circolazione
l’Euro
1957
fine della seconda
guerra mondiale
2002
fondazione
della Comunità
Economica
Europea
Say these dates, then listen, check your pronunciation and repeat.
Make sure you put the stress on the highlighted sounds.
1957
1945
1946
2002
mille
mille
novecento
novecento
quarantacinque
mille
novecento
quarantasei
cinquantasette
duemila
due
Let’s try them all again.
Say the dates, then listen, check your pronunciation and repeat.
1861
1870
1918
mille
ottocento
sessantuno
mille
ottocento
settanta
mille
novecento
diciotto
1922
mille
novecento
ventidue
And again: say these dates, then listen, check your pronunciation and repeat.
1945
1946
mille
novecento
quarantacinque
mille
novecento
quarantasei
1957
mille
novecento
cinquantasette
2002
duemila
due
And now, before you go, say your date of birth. For example:
Sono nata nel 1967.
mille
novecento
sessanta
sette
millenovecentosessantasette
Arrivederci
e buon lavoro!
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