Lesson 1 Usage

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Lesson 1 Usage

• Ordinal Numbers

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First, Second, Third, etc. are called ordinal
numbers (for putting things in order). The
regular counting numbers are called cardinal
numbers.

• Primero(a)
• Segundo(a)
• Tercero(a)
• Cuarto(a)
• Quinto(a)
• Sexto(a)
• Séptimo(a)
• Octavo(a)
• Noveno(a)
• Décimo(a)

• First
• Second
• Third
• Fourth
• Fifth
• Sixth
• Seventh
• Eighth
• Ninth
• Tenth

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Ordinal numbers precede the nouns they modify.

• El cuarto niño es mi hijo.
• The fourth child is my son.
• He terminado en séptimo lugar.
• I have finished in seventh place.
• Primero and Tercero shorten to Primer and Tercer
  when describing something singular and masculine.
• Soy el primer hijo de mi familia.
• I am the first son in my family.
• Martes es el tercer día de la semana.
• Tuesday is the third day of the week.