A0 Unit 2 Review: Pronouns, Tu vs Lei and Numbers + Self-Test
A0 · Unit 2 · Review
Pronouns, tu or Lei, numbers. Three lessons, one page. Let’s see what stuck.
Quick answer
This A0 Unit 2 review covers the Italian subject pronouns (io, tu, lui, lei, noi, voi, loro, polite Lei), tu vs Lei (friendly vs polite “you”) and Italian numbers from 0 to the year 2026. Read the three summaries, then try the optional self-test.
A0 Unit 2 review: the Italian subject pronouns
No new content on this page. Just lessons 07 to 09, one picture at a time. First: who is who.
io
I
EE-oh
noi
we (me + others)
NOY
tu
you (one friend)
TOO
voi
you all
VOY
lui / lei
he / she
LOO-ee · LAY
loro
they
LOH-roh
Lei LAY · POLITE “YOU”
- One person you don’t know well: a waiter, a stranger, an older person.
- Written with a capital L.
- Same verb as lui / lei: Come sta? = How is he / she? and How are you? (polite)
No “it” in Italian
Animals and people are he or she. The dog is lui. The cat is lei.
Quick trick: add people up
💡 In simple words
Italians usually drop the pronoun. The verb already says who: Sono Anna. SOH-noh AHN-nah = I’m Anna.
Tu or Lei? Friend or waiter
Two ways to say “you”. Look at who is in front of you.
tu
Friendly · TOO
- 👫 friends
- 👨👩👧 family
- 🧒 kids
- 🎒 people your age, classmates
Lei
Polite · LAY
- 🍽️ waiters, shop assistants
- 👵 older people
- 🙋 strangers on the street
- 🏨 hotels, offices, doctors
Three key swaps
Also: E tu? → E Lei? · Come ti chiami? → Come si chiama? · Ti presento… → Le presento… · Ti piace? → Le piace?
💡 In simple words
Not sure? Use Lei. If an Italian says Diamoci del tu! dee-AH-moh-chee dehl TOO, switch to tu.
Italian numbers, from zero to 2026
Learn 0 to 10 and two small patterns. The rest is building blocks.
0 to 10
Purple border = say it slowly: double tt in quattro, ci = CH.
11 to 20: the pattern
11–16 · number + dici
The small number comes first.
undici · dodici · tredici · quattordici · quindici · sedici
17–19 · dici + number
It flips: ten comes first.
diciassette · diciotto · diciannove
20
A brand-new word.
venti VEHN-tee
Tens
Hundreds and thousands
A year, Italian style
2026
duemilaventisei
One long word. Same for 1958: millenovecentocinquantotto.
💡 In simple words
Quanti? Quante? KWAHN-tee · KWAHN-teh = How many? Quanti goes with masculine words, quante with feminine words: quanti caffè, quante pizze. And Italians count from the thumb 👍: two coffees = thumb + index finger.
Do you really know it, or did you just understand it?
Understanding feels good. Knowing is what works in Italy.
The self-test below is optional and untimed. All the sentences are new, so you can’t remember the answers: you have to know them.
I don’t study. I just review. Very different. Much cooler.
Wait… ventotto, not ventiotto? Okay. Okay. I knew that.
Step 5 · Self-test
🍕 Your turn
Optional and untimed. Start with the warm-up, then open the full self-test: one exercise per lesson, plus a mixed one. New sentences only.
Warm-up · 5 questions
One from each lesson, then two mixed.
1. Me and my sister = ?
2. You meet your friend’s grandma for the first time. “How are you?”
3. 38
4. The dog = ?
5. 1,000
See more exercises · 36 questions ▾Hide the extra exercises ▴
1 · Pronouns (lesson 07)
Choose the pronoun, then write one.
1. You talk about your two aunts.
2. You talk to your husband and your son together.
3. Luca e io = ?
4. Your sister and you (talking to her about you two) = ?
5. The cat sleeps all day. The cat = ?
6. The neighbor rings: “Chi è?” You answer:
7. Write the pronoun: you all
8. Write the pronoun: they
9. Write in Italian, without “io”: I am Kate.
2 · Tu or Lei? (lesson 08)
Choose the right version, then write one.
1. The museum guard, 60 years old
2. Your 10-year-old nephew
3. You step on a stranger’s foot on the bus.
4. Your roommate asks “Come stai?”. You answer:
5. At the hotel: “What’s your name, sir?”
6. You introduce your husband to your teacher’s mother.
7. In Milan, a shop assistant you don’t know. Safest choice:
8. “Diamoci del tu!” means… (what should you do?)
9. Make it polite: E tu?
10. Make it polite: Scusa!
3 · Numbers (lesson 09)
Choose, then write in words (one word, apostrophe = accent).
1. 14
2. 19
3. 61
4. 500
5. 3,000
6. ___ caffè? (How many coffees?)
7. 13
8. 33
9. 48
10. 2000
11. 1990
4 · Mixed: right or wrong?
Everything from Unit 2. Is it correct?
1. To a waiter: “Lei è italiano?”
2. To your best friend: “Le piace?”
3. Anna e Marco = voi
4. 28 = ventotto
5. 100 = un cento
6. Two coffees, Italian style: thumb + index finger
What next?
Most answers right? Ready for Unit 3: the verb essere (to be) →
Some mistakes? Review these first: subject pronouns · tu vs Lei · numbers
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