“Venti Ditini” — Twenty Fingers and Toes Song in Italian for Kids
In “Venti Ditini” (Twenty Fingers and Toes), kids sing key Italian words like le dita delle mani, le dita dei piedi, dieci e dieci and fa venti, going back and forth between English and Italian, so the meaning is never a mystery. It's a early-learner (A1) song from Unit 22: Bigger Numbers, 2:26 long, made for ages 2–8.
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- Level: A1
- Unit 22 · I Numeri Grandi
- ⏱ 2:26
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“Venti Ditini” lyrics with English translation
Every line as it's sung, with its meaning beside it. Italian is shown in teal.
| Sung | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Show me your fingers! | Fammi vedere le dita! |
| Le dita delle mani! | Fingers! |
| Ten fingers, count with me! | Dieci dita, conta con me! |
| Uno, due, tre! | One, two, three! |
| Four, five, six—keep going! | Quattro, cinque, sei — avanti! |
| Quattro, cinque, sei! | Four, five, six! |
| Seven, eight, nine, ten! | Sette, otto, nove, dieci! |
| Sette, otto, nove, dieci! | Seven, eight, nine, ten! |
| Wiggle your fingers! | Muovi le dita! |
| Muovi le dita! | Wiggle your fingers! |
| Wiggle, wiggle, one by one! | Muovi, muovi, una alla volta! |
| Muovi, muovi—che divertimento! | Wiggle, wiggle — what fun! |
| How many? Quante? | |
| Eleven! Undici! | |
| How many? Quante? | |
| Twelve! Dodici! | |
| Thirteen! | Tredici! |
| Tredici! | Thirteen! |
| Count with me! | Conta con me! |
| Conta con me! | Count with me! |
| Fingers and toes, come along! | Dita delle mani e dei piedi, venite! |
| Dita e piedi, canta la canzone! | Fingers and feet, sing the song! |
| Now find your toes! | Ora trova le dita dei piedi! |
| Le dita dei piedi! | Toes! |
| Eleven, twelve, start the count! | Undici, dodici, si comincia a contare! |
| Undici, dodici! | Eleven, twelve! |
| Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen! | Tredici, quattordici, quindici! |
| Tredici, quattordici, quindici! | Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen! |
| Sixteen, seventeen, wiggle! | Sedici, diciassette—muovi! |
| Sedici, diciassette—muovi! | Sixteen, seventeen, wiggle! |
| Eighteen, nineteen, twenty! | Diciotto, diciannove, venti! |
| Diciotto, diciannove, venti! | Eighteen, nineteen, twenty! |
| Ten and ten! | Dieci e dieci! |
| Dieci e dieci! | Ten and ten! |
| Makes twenty! | Fa venti! |
| Fa venti! | Makes twenty! |
| How many? Quante? | |
| Fifteen! Quindici! | |
| How many? Quante? | |
| Seventeen! Diciassette! | |
| Count them slowly! | Contale piano! |
| Contali piano! | Count them slowly! |
| Fingers and toes, come along! | Dita delle mani e dei piedi, venite! |
| Dita e piedi, canta la canzone! | Fingers and feet, sing the song! |
| Wiggle one toe! | Muovi un dito del piede! |
| Muovi un dito del piede! | Wiggle one toe! |
| Wiggle two, then three! | Muovi due, poi tre! |
| Muovi due, poi tre! | Wiggle two, then three! |
| Ten fingers, ten toes! | Dieci dita delle mani, dieci dei piedi! |
| Dieci dita qui e dieci là! | Ten fingers here and ten there! |
| Ten and ten makes twenty—hooray! | Dieci e dieci fa venti — evviva! |
| Dieci e dieci fa venti—olé! | Ten and ten makes twenty — olé! |
| How many? Quante? | |
| Sixteen! Sedici! | |
| How many? Quante? | |
| Twenty! Venti! | |
| Ten and ten! | Dieci e dieci! |
| Dieci e dieci! | Ten and ten! |
| Makes twenty! | Fa venti! |
| Fa venti! | Makes twenty! |
| Fingers and toes, come along! | Dita delle mani e dei piedi, venite! |
| Dita e piedi—now sing the song! | |
| Fingers! | Le dita delle mani! |
| Le dita delle mani! | Fingers! |
| Toes! | Le dita dei piedi! |
| Le dita dei piedi! | Toes! |
| Dieci e dieci fa venti! | Ten and ten makes twenty! |
Key Italian words in this song
The 10 words and phrases this song is built around.
| Italian | English |
|---|---|
| le dita delle mani | fingers |
| le dita dei piedi | toes |
| dieci e dieci | ten and ten |
| fa venti | makes twenty |
| quante? | how many? |
| tredici | thirteen |
| quindici | fifteen |
| sedici | sixteen |
| diciassette | seventeen |
| muovi | wiggle |
How to use this song with your child
- 1
Listen for “muovi”
“muovi” (wiggle) is sung on 5 lines of this song. Ask your child to clap or raise a hand every time they hear it; by the end they will be saying it with the song.
- 2
Split the parts
Once the song is familiar, you sing the English lines and your child sings the Italian ones, then swap. It turns listening into speaking.
- 3
Make it a routine
At 2:26, play it once a day at the same moment for a week. Count by tens with ten-block towers or groups of ten pasta pieces.
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