ITALIAN MONEY

There are 8 euro coins denominated in 2 and 1 euros, then 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 cents. Every euro coin will carry a common European face.

There are 7 euro notes. In different colours and sizes they are denominated in 500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10 and 5 euros. The notes will be uniform throughout the euro area; unlike coins, they will have no national side. The designs are symbolic for Europe's architectural heritage.

Quanto costa un litro di latte?
KWAHN-toh COHS-ta oon LEE-troh di LUHT-teh
- What does a litre of milk cost?

C'e' un cambio vicino?
CHEH oon KUHM-byoh vee-CHEE-noh
- Is there an exchange bureau near here?

Numbers

1	uno	OO-noh	11	undici	OON-dee-chee
2	due	DOO-eh	12	dodici	DOH-dee-chee
3	tre	treh	13	tredici	TRE-dee-chee
4	quattro	KWUHT-troh	14	quattordici	kwuht-TOR-dee-chee
5	cinque	CHING-kweh	15	quindici	KWIN-dee-chee
6	sei	say	16	sedici	SEH-dee-chee
7	sette	SET-teh	17	diciasette	DEE-cha-SET-teh
8	otto	OT-toh	18	diciotto	dee-CHOHT-toh
9	nove	NOH-veh	19	dicianove	DEE-cha-NOH-veh
10	dieci	dee-EH-chee	20	venti	VEHN-tee

21	vent'uno	vehn-TOO-noh	22	venti due	vehn-tee-DOO-eh
30	trenta	TREHN-tuh	33	trenta tre	trehn-tuh-TREH
40	quaranta	kwuh-RAHN-tuh	50	cinquanta	ching-KWAHN-tuh
60	sessanta	sehs-SAHN-tuh	70	sessanta	seht-TAHN-tuh
80	ottanta	oht-TAHN-tuh	90	novanta	noh-VAHN-tuh

100	cento	CHEHN-toh
120	cento venti	CHEHN-toh-VEHN-tee
303	tre cento tre	TREH-CHEHN-toh-TREH
1000	mille	MEEL-leh
2100	due mila cento	DOO-eh-MEE-luh-CHEHN-toh

Ian Hutchesson

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