I numeri ordinali
I numeri ordinali (primo, secondo, terzo, ecc.) ci indicano,in una successione, il posto.
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Tabella dei principali numeri ordinali
| 1st | (the) first | 11th | (the) eleventh |
| 2nd | (the) second | 12th | (the) twelfth |
| 3rd | (the) third | 13th | (the) thirteenth |
| 4th | (the) fourth | 14th | (the) fourteenth |
| 5th | (the) fifth | 15th | (the) fifteenth |
| 6th | (the) sixth | 16th | (the) sixteenth |
| 7th | (the) seventh | 20th | (the) twentieth |
| 8th | (the) eighth | 40th | (the) fortieth |
| 9th | (the) ninth | 50th | (the) fiftieth |
| 10th | (the) tenth | 70th | (the) sixtieth |
| 21st | (the) twenty-first | 80th | (the) eightieth |
| 22nd | (the) twenty-second | 90th | (the) ninetieth |
| 23rd | (the) twenty-third | 100th | (the) hundredth |
| 24th | (the) twenty-fourth | 1,000th | (the) thousandth |
| 25th | (the) twenty-fifth | 1,000,000th | (the) millionth |
| 26th | (the) twenty-sixth | | |
| 27th | (the) twenty-seventh | | |
| 28th | (the) twenty-eighth | | |
| 29th | (the) twenty-ninth | | |
| 30th | (the) thirtieth | | |
I numeri ordinali si formano con il suffisso -th aggiunto ai corrispondenti numeri cardinali, con le variazioni ortografiche evidenziate nella tabella.
Eccezioni:
the first [tooltip]il primo[/tooltip]
the second [tooltip]il secondo[/tooltip]
the third [tooltip]il terzo[/tooltip]
the fifth [tooltip]il quinto[/tooltip]
the eighth [tooltip]l'ottavo[/tooltip]
the ninth [tooltip]il nono[/tooltip]
the twelfth [tooltip]il dodicesimo[/tooltip]
e i loro composti:
the twenty-first [tooltip]ventituesimo[/tooltip]
the twenty-second [tooltip]ventiduesimo[/tooltip]
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Titles: In names for kings and queens, ordinal numbers are written in Roman numbers. In spoken English, the definite article is used before the ordinal number:
Charles II - Charles the Second | Edward VI - Edward the Sixth | Henry VIII - Henry the Eighth