Ordinal Numbers in Spanish – los números ordinales
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Es sábado, el 5 de agosto de 2017
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In today’s Post we’ll learn ordinal numbers and how to abbreviate them.
1.
Ordinal Numbers in Spanish – just as it says, we’re putting things in order.
Ordinal numbers are used much more in English then they are in Spanish.
For example:
Dates:
August 5th, February 19th, etc…
Spanish uses ‘cardinal numbers’ for dates: el 5 de mayo, el 14 de febrero
Street names:
Está en la calle 136 – It’s on the Street 136
English: It’s on 136th Street
Ordinal numbers in Spanish – first thru tenth
Los números ordinales en español
primero/a (1ro/a) first (1st)
segundo/a (2do/a) second (2nd)
tercero/a (3ro/a) third (3rd)
cuarto/a (4to/a) fourth (4th)
quinto/a (5to/a) fifth (5th)
sexto/a (6to/a) sixth (6th)
séptimo/a (7mo/a) seventh (7th)
octavo/a (8vo/a) eigth (8th)
noveno/a (9no/a) ninth (9th)
décimo/a (10mo/a) tenth (10th)
Notas:
1. Notice how séptimo, octavo, noveno y décimo look like … septiembre, octubre, noviembre, diciembre
these were the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th month.
2. Abbreviations: In English we take the last two letters of the word to make the abbreviation. first 1st, second 2nd, etc…
In Spanish it’s the same.
Primero 1ro, segundo 2do, octavo 8vo, etc…
OJO: sometimes Spanish only uses the last letter. 1o or 1a for primero / primera or 5o or 5a for quinto / quinta
3. Primero and tercero drop the final -o in front of a masculine noun.
el primer día
el tercer mes
4. All of these numbers have a feminine form depending on what is being described as well as a plural form.
El primer piso
La primera puerta
El tercer libro
La tercera idea
El séptimo mes
La sépitma sesión
Action Steps: Note these in your journal. Go back and say them several times. Do the Práctica below
Translate:
1. My 1st car (coche)
2. His 2nd birthday (cumpleaños)
3. Our 5th aniversary (aniversario)
4. Their 10th time (vez)
5. For the 3rd time (vez)
6. The 8th floor (piso)
7. The 4th street (calle)
8. Her 1st class (clase)
9. The 6th month (mes)
10. The 9th episode (episodio)
Gracias y hasta mañana,
Carolina
Traducción:
1. My 1st car (coche) . Mi primer coche
2. His 2nd birthday (cumpleaños) – Su segundo cumpleaños
3. Our 5th aniversary (aniversario) – Nuestro quinto aniversario
4. Their 10th time (vez) Su décima vez
5. For the 3rd time (vez) – Por la tercera vez
6. The 8th floor (piso) – El octavo piso
7. The 4th street (calle) – La cuarta calle
8. Her 1st class (clase) – Su primera clase
9. The 6th month (mes) – El sexto mes
10. The 9th episode (episodio) – El noveno episodio
