How to Say ‘There are eight items.’ in Italian
Sono otto articoli.
SOH-noh OHT-toh ar-tee-KOH-lee
[SOH-noh OHT-toh ar-tee-KOH-lee]
💬 Usage Tip: Italian often just says [Sono otto articoli] for "There are eight items," without a separate word for "there." The same pattern works with prices and quantities: [Sono venti euro].
Phrase Breakdown
Sono
[SOH-noh]
they are; there are
Used here to state the number of items.
Sono otto articoli, non dieci.
There are eight items, not ten.
Otto articoli
OHT-toh ar-tee-KOH-lee
Eight items
States the quantity and what the quantity refers to.
Otto articoli costano poco.
Eight items cost little.
Words in this phrase
otto
[OHT-toh]
eight
The number 8.
Oggi compro solo otto cose.
Today I am buying only eight things.
articoli
[ar-tee-KOH-lee]
items; articles
Things being purchased or counted.
Gli articoli sono già sul banco.
The items are already on the counter.
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