Ordinal
Spanish: AQA A Level, topic 14.2.1
Ordinales - Ordinal
Ordinal refers to the position in a sequence of numbers. So in English, some examples are first, second. fifth, tenth, etc.
Ordinal numbers
- Ordinal numbers go with a noun.
- They have the same number and gender as the noun they go with.
- primer - first
- segundo - second
- tercero - third
- cuarto - forth
From 5th to 10th
- quinto - fifth
- sexto - sixth
- séptimo - seventh
- octavo - eighth
- noveno - ninth
- décimo - tenth
Other ordinal numbers
- decimoprimer - eleventh
- decimotercer - thirteenth
- vigésimo - twentieth
- trigésimo - thirtieth
- centésimo - hundredth
Examples
- La primera niña en la fila entró en la clase.
- The first girl in the line entered the classroom.
- La cuarta persona en el desfile tocaba el clarinete muy bien.
- The fourth person in the parade was playing the clarinet very well.
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