How to Say ‘How many items are there in total?’ in Italian
Quanti articoli sono in totale?
KWAHN-tee ar-tee-KOH-lee SOH-noh een toh-TAH-leh
[KWAHN-tee ar-tee-KOH-lee SOH-noh een toh-TAH-leh]
💬 Usage Tip: [Quanti] is used with countable things, so [quanti articoli?] means "how many items?" For prices or amounts in general, switch to [quanto]: [Quanto costa?]
Phrase Breakdown
Quanti articoli
KWAHN-tee ar-tee-KOH-lee
How many items
Used to ask for the number of articles/items.
Quanti articoli ci sono?
How many items are there?
Words in this phrase
Quanti
[KWAHN-tee]
how many
Used to ask about the number of masculine plural things.
Quanti clienti aspettano alla cassa?
How many customers are waiting at the checkout?
articoli
[ar-tee-KOH-lee]
items; articles
Products or units being counted in a shop or receipt.
Gli articoli in offerta finiscono presto.
The sale items run out quickly.
Sono in totale
SOH-noh een toh-TAH-leh
There are in total
Introduces the total count of something.
Sono in totale dieci.
There are ten in total.
Words in this phrase
sono
[SOH-noh]
are
Form of essere used with a plural subject like articoli.
Gli articoli sono sul nastro.
The items are on the conveyor belt.
in
[een]
in
Preposition used here in the fixed phrase in totale.
Metto tutto in una borsa.
I put everything in one bag.
totale
[toh-TAH-leh]
total
Refers to the final number or sum.
Il totale cambia con gli sconti.
The total changes with discounts.
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