Grammatik des Lebens - A1 - Die Zahlen: Ordinalzahlen

A1 Grammar of Life - A1 - Ordinal numbers

Grammatik des Lebens - A1 - Die Zahlen: Ordinalzahlen

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Ordinalzahlen
ordinal numbers
dienen
serve
dazu
for
,
eine
a
Reihenfolge
sequence
darzustellen
to represent
.
Ordinal numbers are used to represent a sequence.
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Die
the
Ordinalzahlen
ordinal numbers
von
from
1
one
bis
to
10
lauten
are
:
erste
first
,
zweite
second
,
dritte
third
,
vierte
fourth
,
fünfte
fifth
,
sechste
sixth
,
siebte
seventh
,
achte
eighth
,
neunte
ninth
,
zehnte
tenth
.
The ordinal numbers from 1 to 10 are: first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth.
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Die
the
Ordinalzahlen
ordinal numbers
von
from
1
1
bis
to
19
werden
are
mit
with
der
the
Endung
ending
-te
-te
gebildet
formed
:
elfte
eleventh
,
zwölfte
twelfth
,
dreizehnte
thirteenth
,
vierzehnte
fourteenth
,
fünfzehnte
fifteenth
,
sechzehnte
sixteenth
,
siebzehnte
seventeenth
,
achtzehnte
eighteenth
,
neunzehnte
nineteenth
.
The ordinal numbers from 1 to 19 are formed with the ending -te: eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth.
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Ab
from onwards
20
lautet
reads
die
the
Endung
ending
-ste
-ste
:
zwanzigste
twentieth
,
einundzwanzigste
twenty-first
,
usw
etc
.
From 20 onwards the ending -ste is: twentieth, twenty-first, etc.
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Wenn
if
man
one
Ordinalzahlen
ordinal numbers
mit
with
Ziffern
digits
schreibt
writes
,
erhalten
get
diese
these
einen
a
Punkt
point
:
30.
,
47.
,
100.
If you write ordinal numbers with digits, they get a point: 30th, 47th, 100th.

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