二、序数词
表示顺序的数词叫序数词。
在句子中,序数词前面常常要加定冠词“the”。如:the first number 第一个数字,the third unit 第三单元
(一)1—3的序数词。括号内为序数词的简略形式(以下同)
first (1st )second (2nd )third (3rd )
(二)4—19的序数词是由“基数词+th”构成
fourth (4th ) fifth (5th ) sixth (6th )
seventh (7th ) eighth (8th ) ninth (9th )
tenth (10th ) eleventh (11th ) twelfth (12th )
thirteenth (13th ) fourteenth (14th ) fifteenth (15th )
sixteenth (16th ) seventeenth (17th ) eighteenth (18th )
nineteenth (19 th )
(三)20—100的序数词
整十数的序数词是把整十数的词尾“y”改写成“i”,然后加“eth”
twentieth (20th ) thirtieth (30th ) fortieth (40th )
fiftieth (50th ) sixtieth (60th ) seventieth (70th )
eightieth (80th ) ninetieth (90th )
其他两位数序数词的表示方法由“几十几”变化而来,十位数不变,个位数上的基数词变成序数词
第21 twenty-first (21st ) 第22 twenty-second (22nd )
第29 twenty-ninth (29th ) 第78 seventy-eighth (78th )
“百”的序数词在hundred词尾直接加“th”
第100 one hundredth (100th )
第188 one hundred and eighty-eighth (188th )