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  3. <title xmlns:ng="http://docbook.org/docbook-ng">Ordinal Numbers</title><meta xmlns:ng="http://docbook.org/docbook-ng" name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The RUSSIAN Fast Course"><link rel="up" href="ch08.html" title="Chapter&nbsp;8.&nbsp;Lesson 8"><link rel="prev" href="ch08s10.html" title="In case you were wondering"><link rel="next" href="ch08s12.html" title="The Instrumental Case"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Ordinal Numbers</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch08s10.html">Prev</a>&nbsp;</td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter&nbsp;8.&nbsp;Lesson 8</th><td width="20%" align="right">&nbsp;<a accesskey="n" href="ch08s12.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d5e17905"></a>Ordinal Numbers</h2></div></div></div><p>As in English, there are two types of numbers in Russian: the
  4. CARDINAL (or counting) numbers and the ORDINAL (or descriptive) numbers.
  5. Examples of cardinal numbers are:</p><div class="informalexample"><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1086;&#1076;&#1080;&#1085;</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1074;&#1072;</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1090;&#1088;&#1080;</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1077;&#1089;&#1103;&#1090;&#1100;</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1074;&#1072;&#1076;&#1094;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100;</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1089;&#1090;&#1086;</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1090;&#1099;&#1089;&#1103;&#1095;&#1072;</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1084;&#1080;&#1083;&#1083;&#1080;&#1086;&#1085;</em></span></p></div><p>Examples of ordinal numbers are:</p><div class="informalexample"><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1087;&#1077;&#1088;&#1074;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span>,
  6. <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1074;&#1090;&#1086;&#1088;&#1086;&#1081;</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1090;&#1088;&#1077;&#1090;&#1080;&#1081;</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1077;&#1089;&#1103;&#1090;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1074;&#1072;&#1076;&#1094;&#1072;&#1090;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1089;&#1086;&#1090;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1090;&#1099;&#1089;&#1103;&#1095;&#1085;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1084;&#1080;&#1083;&#1083;&#1080;&#1086;&#1085;&#1085;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span></p></div><p>The ordinal numbers are actually adjectives which answer the
  7. questions <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1082;&#1072;&#1082;&#1086;&#1081;?</em></span>
  8. <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1082;&#1072;&#1082;&#1072;&#1103;?</em></span> <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1082;&#1072;&#1082;&#1086;&#1077;?</em></span> <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1082;&#1072;&#1082;&#1080;&#1077;?</em></span> Remember these from Lesson 2?
  9. Therefore, they'll behave just as any adjective does, agreeing with the
  10. nouns they modify in GENDER, NUMBER AND CASE.</p><p>In this lesson, you saw the expressions &#1085;&#1072; &#1087;&#1077;&#1088;&#1074;&#1086;&#1077;, &#1085;&#1072; &#1074;&#1090;&#1086;&#1088;&#1086;&#1077; where
  11. there were only ordinal numbers (in the neuter) and no noun. The
  12. understood noun in these instances was <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1073;&#1083;&#1102;&#1076;&#1086;</em></span>. So, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1087;&#1077;&#1088;&#1074;&#1086;&#1077; &#1073;&#1083;&#1102;&#1076;&#1086;</em></span> means first course,
  13. <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1074;&#1090;&#1086;&#1088;&#1086;&#1077; &#1073;&#1083;&#1102;&#1076;&#1086;</em></span> means second
  14. course.</p><p>You will also use the ordinal numbers to indicate the date:</p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1057;&#1077;&#1075;&#1086;&#1076;&#1085;&#1103; &#1076;&#1077;&#1089;&#1103;&#1090;&#1086;&#1077;</em></span>
  15. (<span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1095;&#1080;&#1089;&#1083;&#1086;</em></span>-understood, not
  16. expressed) <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1072;&#1087;&#1088;&#1077;&#1083;&#1103;</em></span>.</p><p>Here are a few ordinal numbers and their corresponding cardinal
  17. forms. The ordinals are given in the masculine.</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"><colgroup><col width="5cm" class="c1"><col width="5cm" class="c2"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1087;&#1077;&#1088;&#1074;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1086;&#1076;&#1080;&#1085;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1074;&#1090;&#1086;&#1088;&#1086;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1074;&#1072;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1090;&#1088;&#1077;&#1090;&#1080;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1090;&#1088;&#1080;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1095;&#1077;&#1090;&#1074;&#1105;&#1088;&#1090;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1095;&#1077;&#1090;&#1099;&#1088;&#1077;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1087;&#1103;&#1090;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1087;&#1103;&#1090;&#1100;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1096;&#1077;&#1089;&#1090;&#1086;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1096;&#1077;&#1089;&#1090;&#1100;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1089;&#1077;&#1076;&#1100;&#1084;&#1086;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1089;&#1077;&#1084;&#1100;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1074;&#1086;&#1089;&#1100;&#1084;&#1086;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1074;&#1086;&#1089;&#1077;&#1084;&#1100;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1077;&#1074;&#1103;&#1090;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1077;&#1074;&#1103;&#1090;&#1100;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1077;&#1089;&#1103;&#1090;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1077;&#1089;&#1103;&#1090;&#1100;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1074;&#1072;&#1076;&#1094;&#1072;&#1090;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1074;&#1072;&#1076;&#1094;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1074;&#1072;&#1076;&#1094;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100;
  18. &#1087;&#1077;&#1088;&#1074;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1074;&#1072;&#1076;&#1094;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100;
  19. &#1086;&#1076;&#1080;&#1085;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1074;&#1072;&#1076;&#1094;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100;
  20. &#1074;&#1090;&#1086;&#1088;&#1086;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1076;&#1074;&#1072;&#1076;&#1094;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100;
  21. &#1076;&#1074;&#1072;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1090;&#1088;&#1080;&#1076;&#1094;&#1072;&#1090;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1090;&#1088;&#1080;&#1076;&#1094;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1089;&#1086;&#1088;&#1086;&#1082;&#1086;&#1074;&#1086;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1089;&#1086;&#1088;&#1086;&#1082;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1087;&#1103;&#1090;&#1080;&#1076;&#1077;&#1089;&#1103;&#1090;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1087;&#1103;&#1090;&#1100;&#1076;&#1077;&#1089;&#1103;&#1090;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1089;&#1086;&#1090;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1089;&#1090;&#1086;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1090;&#1099;&#1089;&#1103;&#1095;&#1085;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1090;&#1099;&#1089;&#1103;&#1095;&#1072;</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1084;&#1080;&#1083;&#1083;&#1080;&#1086;&#1085;&#1085;&#1099;&#1081;</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1084;&#1080;&#1083;&#1083;&#1080;&#1086;&#1085;</em></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="d5e18082"></a><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1059;&#1087;&#1088;&#1072;&#1078;&#1085;&#1077;&#1085;&#1080;&#1077;</em></span>
  22. &#8470;26.</h3></div></div></div><p>Go back through Lessons 1-7 and find examples of ordinal numbers.
  23. Explain how they were used and with your instructor's help, try to use
  24. them yourself.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="d5e18086"></a><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">&#1059;&#1087;&#1088;&#1072;&#1078;&#1085;&#1077;&#1085;&#1080;&#1077;</em></span>
  25. &#8470;27.</h3></div></div></div><div class="informalexample"><p>Translate the following:</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>the first course</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>the second course</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>the fifth house</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>the tenth apartment</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>the fortieth president</p></li></ol></div></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch08s10.html">Prev</a>&nbsp;</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ch08.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right">&nbsp;<a accesskey="n" href="ch08s12.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">In case you were wondering&nbsp;</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;The Instrumental Case</td></tr></table></div></body></html>