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I numeri ordinali (primo, secondo, terzo, ecc.) indicano l'ordine in una sequenza.
1st first 2nd second 3rd third 4th fourth 5th fifth 6th sixth 7th seventh 8th eighth 9th ninth 10th tenth | 11 eleventh 12 twelfth 13 thirteen 14 fourteenth 15 fifteenth 16 sixteenth 17 seventeenth 18 eighteenth 19 nineteenth 20 twentieth | 21st twenty-first 22nd twenty-second 23rd twenty-three 24th twenty-four 25th twenty-five 26th twenty-six 27th twenty-seven 28th twenty-eight 29th twenty-nineth 30th thirtieth | 40th fortieth 41 forty-first 42 forty-second 50th fiftieth 51st fifty-first 52nd fifty-second 60th sixtieth 70th seventieth 80th eightieth 90th ninetieth | 100th hundredth 110th one hundred and tenth 1,000th thousandth 10,000th ten thousandth 100,000th hundred thousandth 1,000,000th millionth |
The first=il primo
The second = il secondo
The third = il terzo
The thirty-first = il trentunesimo
The thirty-second = il trentaduesimo
The thirty-third = il trentatresimo
Questi altri numeri presentano delle variazioni ortografiche:
The fifth = 5th
The eighth = 8th
The ninth = 9th
The twelfth = 12th
Nei numeri terminanti in -y, si aggiunge -ieth (la y finale cade):
The twentieth = 20th
The thirtieth = 30th
The fortieth = 40th
The fiftieth = 50th
The sixtieth = 60th
The seventieth = 70th
The eightieth = 80th
The ninetieth = 90th
Quando i numeri ordinali sono espressi in cifre, generalmente insieme al numero vengono riportate le ultime due lettere: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
I numeri ordinali sono generalmente preceduti dall'articolo the, che viene letto anche quando non è scritto (per esempio davanti ad un numero espresso in cifre o ai numeri romani)
2 April = the second of April; XIX century = the nineteenth century; Elisabeth II = Elisabeth the second
I numeri ordinali si usano per
- indicare l'ordine di cose, animali e persone: Michael was the third in yesterday's race.
- esprimere la data: 4th April (si legge the fourth of April)
- Come denominatore nelle frazioni 2/3 = two thirds