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  4. <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Ordinal Numbers</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"/><link rel="home" href="index.xhtml" title="The RUSSIAN Fast Course"/><link rel="up" href="ch08.xhtml" title="Chapter 8. Lesson 8"/><link rel="prev" href="ch08s10.xhtml" title="In case you were wondering"/><link rel="next" href="ch08s12.xhtml" title="The Instrumental Case"/></head><body><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.xhtml">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 8. Lesson 8</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch08s12.xhtml">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="d5e17905"/>Ordinal Numbers</h2></div></div></div><p>As in English, there are two types of numbers in Russian: the
  5. CARDINAL (or counting) numbers and the ORDINAL (or descriptive) numbers.
  6. Examples of cardinal numbers are:</p><div class="informalexample"><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">один</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">два</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">три</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">десять</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцать</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сто</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тысяча</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">миллион</em></span></p></div><p>Examples of ordinal numbers are:</p><div class="informalexample"><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">первый</em></span>,
  7. <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">второй</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">третий</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">десятый</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцатый</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сотый</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тысячный</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">миллионный</em></span></p></div><p>The ordinal numbers are actually adjectives which answer the
  8. questions <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">какой?</em></span>
  9. <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">какая?</em></span> <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">какое?</em></span> <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">какие?</em></span> Remember these from Lesson 2?
  10. Therefore, they'll behave just as any adjective does, agreeing with the
  11. nouns they modify in GENDER, NUMBER AND CASE.</p><p>In this lesson, you saw the expressions на первое, на второе where
  12. there were only ordinal numbers (in the neuter) and no noun. The
  13. understood noun in these instances was <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">блюдо</em></span>. So, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">первое блюдо</em></span> means first course,
  14. <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">второе блюдо</em></span> means second
  15. course.</p><p>You will also use the ordinal numbers to indicate the date:</p><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Сегодня десятое</em></span>
  16. (<span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">число</em></span>-understood, not
  17. expressed) <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">апреля</em></span>.</p><p>Here are a few ordinal numbers and their corresponding cardinal
  18. 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 xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">первый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">один</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">второй</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">два</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">третий</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">три</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">четвёртый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">четыре</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пятый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пять</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">шестой</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">шесть</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">седьмой</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">семь</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">восьмой</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">восемь</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">девятый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">девять</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">десятый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">десять</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцатый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцать</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцать
  19. первый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцать
  20. один</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцать
  21. второй</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двадцать
  22. два</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тридцатый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тридцать</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сороковой</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сорок</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пятидесятый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пятьдесят</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сотый</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сто</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тысячный</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тысяча</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">миллионный</em></span></p></td><td><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml: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 id="d5e18082"/><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражнение</em></span>
  23. №26.</h3></div></div></div><p>Go back through Lessons 1-7 and find examples of ordinal numbers.
  24. Explain how they were used and with your instructor's help, try to use
  25. them yourself.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="d5e18086"/><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражнение</em></span>
  26. №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.xhtml">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ch08.xhtml">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch08s12.xhtml">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.xhtml">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> The Instrumental Case</td></tr></table></div></body></html>