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- <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 8. 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> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 8. Lesson 8</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <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
- CARDINAL (or counting) numbers and the ORDINAL (or descriptive) numbers.
- Examples of cardinal numbers are:</p><div class="informalexample"><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">один</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">два</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">три</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">десять</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцать</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сто</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тысяча</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">миллион</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">первый</em></span>,
- <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">второй</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">третий</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">десятый</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцатый</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сотый</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тысячный</em></span>, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">миллионный</em></span></p></div><p>The ordinal numbers are actually adjectives which answer the
- questions <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">какой?</em></span>
- <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">какая?</em></span> <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">какое?</em></span> <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">какие?</em></span> Remember these from Lesson 2?
- Therefore, they'll behave just as any adjective does, agreeing with the
- nouns they modify in GENDER, NUMBER AND CASE.</p><p>In this lesson, you saw the expressions на первое, на второе where
- there were only ordinal numbers (in the neuter) and no noun. The
- understood noun in these instances was <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">блюдо</em></span>. So, <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">первое блюдо</em></span> means first course,
- <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">второе блюдо</em></span> means second
- 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">Сегодня десятое</em></span>
- (<span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">число</em></span>-understood, not
- expressed) <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">апреля</em></span>.</p><p>Here are a few ordinal numbers and their corresponding cardinal
- 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">первый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">один</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">второй</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">два</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">третий</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">три</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">четвёртый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">четыре</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пятый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пять</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">шестой</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">шесть</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">седьмой</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">семь</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">восьмой</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">восемь</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">девятый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">девять</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">десятый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">десять</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцатый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцать</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцать
- первый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцать
- один</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцать
- второй</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцать
- два</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тридцатый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тридцать</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сороковой</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сорок</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пятидесятый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пятьдесят</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сотый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сто</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тысячный</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тысяча</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">миллионный</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">миллион</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">Упражнение</em></span>
- №26.</h3></div></div></div><p>Go back through Lessons 1-7 and find examples of ordinal numbers.
- Explain how they were used and with your instructor's help, try to use
- 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">Упражнение</em></span>
- №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> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ch08.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch08s12.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">In case you were wondering </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> The Instrumental Case</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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