CSG324

Numbers

313

ejercicio

En espańol.

1.    There are morę than one hundred television channels. _

2.    Many American families have only one child (łiijo). _

3.    Many American households (hogares, m.) have three television sets.

4.    One cannot buy much with twenty-five dollars. _

5.    There are thirty-two pieces (pieza) in achess set (juego de ajedrez).

6.    We work fifty weeks every year. _

7.    Lincoln’s birthday is February 12. _

Ordinal ^mnbeps

Ordinal numbers (mimeros ordinales) are used to assign a place in a series. They may function as adjectives or as pronouns. The following are the ordinal numbers used in Spanish:

primero (a)	first	sexto(a)	sixth
segundo (a)	second	septimo(a)	seventh
tercero (a)	third	octavo (a)	eighth
cuarto(a)	fourth	noveno(a)	ninth
quinto(a)	fifth	decimo (a)	tenth

Ordinal numbers in Spanish are used in the following ways:

•    After the ordinal number decimo (tenth), Cardinal numbers are used to indicate the order in a series, and they usually follow the noun.

Este es el Congreso 15 de esta    This is the 15th Corwention of this organization.

organización.

•    Ordinals can function as adjectives or pronouns. In both cases, they agree with the noun in gender.

El segundo dia, fueron a la playa.    The second day, they went to the beach.

Es la segunda vez que llamo.    This is the second time I’m calling.

Marcos es el tercero.    Marcos is the third (one).

•    When primero and tercero are used as adjectives and precede a masculine noun, they drop the -o.

En primer lugar, tu debes hacer tu    In the first place, you should doyourwork.

trabajo.

Ellos viven en el tercer piso.    They live on the third floor.

Ordinal numbers in English are often printed with -th following the number as in: 5th. Spanish printed equivalents are: 1°, 2^a, 3er, 5ta, etc. Notę that the suffixes of the abbreviations reflect the finał letter or letters of the ordinal number written out.