{Ordinal Numbers

Números ordinales

Los números cardinales expresan cantidad mientras que los ordinales expresan orden espacial o temporal. Son adjetivos.

Función

1st first

2nd second

3rd third

Primero, segundo y tercero son así:

La abreviatura de los números ordinales se forma con el número en cifra seguido por las últimas dos letras de la palabra completa: 1st (first), 2nd (second), 3rd (third), 20th (twentieth), 23rd (twenty-third)...

4th fourth

5th fifth

6th sixth

7th seventh

8th eighth

9th ninth

10th tenth

11th eleventh

12th twelfth

13th thirteenth

14th fourteenth

15th fifteenth

16th sixteenth

17th seventeenth

18th eighteenth

Del cuarto al décimo tienen la terminación -th:

20th twentieth

30th thirtieth

40th fortieth

80th eightieth

100th hundredth

1000th thousandth

1.000.000th millionth

Las decenas, millares y el millón también tienen la terminación -th:Para los números 20th,30th,40th,50th,60th,70th,80th y 90th (la terminación suena como <tiez>)

Las decenas se unen con un guión al igual que los números cardinales, pero las unidades tienen la terminación -th, menos first que termina en -st, second que termina en -nd, y third que termina en -rd.

21st twenty-first

22nd twenty-second

23rd twenty-third

24th twenty-fourth

1st first

2nd second

3rd third

4th fourth

5th fifth

6th sixth

7th seventh

8th eighth

9th ninth

10th tenth

11th eleventh

12th twelfth

13th thirteenth

14th fourteenth

15th fifteenth

16th sixteenth

17thseventeenth

18th eighteenth

19th nineteenth

20th twentieth

21st twenty-first

22nd twenty-second

30th thirtieth

40th fortieth

50th fiftieth

60th sixtieth

70th seventieth

80th eightieth

90th ninetieth

100th hundredth

101st hundred and first

200th two hundredth

1.000th thousandth

10.000th ten thousandth

100.000th hundred thousandth

1.000.000th millionth