Números Ordinais - Ordinal Numbers
Os Ordinal Numbers indicam a ordem ou lugar do ser numa determinada série. À exceção de first (primeiro), second (segundo), third (terceiro) e os números que os contém em sua grafia, os númeors ordinais são formados com a adição do sufixo -th.
A abreviação dos Ordinal Numbers é feita acrescentando-se ao número as duas últimas letras de sua forma extensa.
Por exemplo:
1 Os numerais ordinais são adjetivos, e indicam a ordem:
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1
|
st
|
first
|
2
|
nd
|
second
|
3
|
rd
|
third
|
4
|
th
|
fourth
|
5
|
th
|
fifth
|
6
|
th
|
sixth
|
7
|
th
|
seventh
|
8
|
th
|
eighth
|
9
|
th
|
ninth
|
10
|
th
|
tenth
|
11
|
th
|
eleventh
|
12
|
th
|
twelfth
|
13
|
th
|
thirteenth
|
14
|
th
|
fourteenth
|
15
|
th
|
fifteenth
|
16
|
th
|
sixteenth
|
17
|
th
|
seventeenth
|
18
|
th
|
eighteenth
|
19
|
th
|
nineteenth
|
20
|
th
|
twentieth
|
21
|
st
|
twenty-first
|
22
|
nd
|
twenty-second
|
23
|
rd
|
twenty-third
|
24
|
th
|
twenty-fourth
|
25
|
th
|
twenty-fifth
|
26
|
th
|
twenty-sixth
|
27
|
th
|
twenty-seventh
|
28
|
th
|
twenty-eighth
|
29
|
th
|
twenty-ninth
|
30
|
th
|
thirtieth
|
31
|
st
|
thirty-first
|
32
|
nd
|
thirty-second
|
33
|
rd
|
thirty-third
|
...
|
...
|
......
|
40
|
th
|
fortieth
|
50
|
th
|
fiftieth
|
60
|
th
|
sixtieth
|
70
|
th
|
seventieth
|
80
|
th
|
eightieth
|
90
|
th
|
ninetieth
|
...
|
...
|
......
|
100
|
th
|
one hundredth
|
101
|
st
|
one hundred and first
|
102
|
nd
|
one hundred and second
|
103
|
rd
|
one hundred and third
|
104
|
th
|
one hundred and fourth
|
105
|
th
|
one hundred and fifth
|
...
|
...
|
......
|
1,000
|
th
|
one thousandth
|
1,001
|
st
|
one thousand and first
|
1,002
|
nd
|
one thousand and second
|
1,003
|
rd
|
one thousand and third
|
1,004
|
th
|
one thousand and fourth
|
1,005
|
th
|
one thousand and fifth
|
...
|
...
|
......
|
2,000
|
th
|
two thousandth
|
3,000
|
th
|
three thousandth
|
10,000
|
th
|
ten thousandth
|
100,000
|
th
|
one hundred thousandth
|
...
|
...
|
......
|
1,000,000
|
th
|
one millionth
|
2,000,000
|
th
|
two millionth
|
3,000,000
|
th
|
three millionth
|
2 Os numerais ordinais colocam-se antes dos substantivos:
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Example
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Significado
|
the First World War
|
a Primeira Guerra Mundial
|
the third chapter
|
o terceiro capítulo
|
the fifteenth lesson
|
a décima quinta lição
|
3 Os nomes dos soberanos escrevem-se em numeração romana. Verbalmente, são empregues com numerais ordinais:
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Written
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Spoken
|
Significado
|
George IV
|
George the Fourth
|
Jorge Quarto
|
Henry VIII
|
Henry the Eighth
|
Henrique Oitavo
|
abreviação
|
/por extenso
|
abreviação
|
/por extenso
|
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1st -
|
first |
30th -
|
thiertieth
|
2nd -
|
second |
50th -
|
fiftieth
|
3rd -
|
third |
62nd -
|
sixty-second
|
4th -
|
fourth |
73rd -
|
seventy-third
|
5th -
|
fifth |
85th -
|
eighty-fifth
|
9th -
|
ninth |
99th -
|
ninety-ninth
|
12th -
|
twelfth |
133th -
|
(one/a) hundred and thirty-third
|
21st -
|
twenty-first |
518th -
|
five hundred and eighteenth
|