| Hello everyone, and welcome to ItalianPod101. My name is Desy. Mi chiamo Desy. In this video, I'm gonna teach you ordinal numbers in Italian, "numeri ordinali." |
| I numeri ordinali |
| You have to learn them by heart, but after 10, it gets easier. |
| Also, first things first, you have to remember that the ordinal number changes depending on the name it refers to. It's easier than it seems. Let's look at them together. |
| Primo |
| "Primo" is first. As I was saying, there is "primo," referring to a male, and "prima," referring to a female. Don't confuse it with the word "prima" in the meaning of "before." So, for example: Giovanni è il primo della lista. |
| Giovanni is a male, so he is "primo," "the first of the list." While, Giovanna (female)... |
| Giovanna è la prima della lista. |
| Giovanna is a female, so "prima." |
| So, the ending changes depending on the noun it refers to. |
| Second is "secondo" or "seconda." |
| Domani entro alla seconda ora. "Tomorrow, I go to school from the second term on." |
| So, "dalla seconda ora," second term. "Ora" is female, so "seconda." Otherwise, it would be "secondo." |
| Third is "terzo" or "terza." |
| È la terza volta che dici la stessa cosa. "It's the third time you're saying the same thing." |
| "È la terza" depends on "volta." So: "È la terza volta." |
| Fourth: "quarto" or "quarta." |
| Here, a common expression is "sei partito in quarta," which literally means that you started with the fourth gear. So, in English, it would be "you hit the ground running." So, you really went for it, like you are into it. |
| Sei partito in quarta. "You started with the fourth gear." |
| Because "marcia" which is the gear in "quarta marcia," is female. |
| So, even though the first three numbers are different from their cardinal version, uno - primo, due - secondo, tre - terzo, as you saw with quarto, from here on it gets similar and easier to remember. |
| From cinque, in facts, we have "quinta" or "quinto." |
| Mio figlio va in quinta elementare. I don't know which grade would be in America or other countries but "My son is in the fifth year of elementary school" in Italy. So "quinta elementare" because it refers to the class. Otherwise it would be "quinto anno." |
| "Sesto" is sixth. |
| Hai il sesto senso. From "sei," "sesto" or "sesta." |
| "You have a sixth sense." |
| Sorry for choosing both words starting with s. |
| From "sette," "settimo" or "settima.". |
| Domenica è il settimo giorno della settimana. "Sunday is the seventh day of the week." |
| "La domenica," when you can dress. |
| From "otto" we have "ottavo" or "ottava." |
| Agosto è l'ottavo mese dell'anno. "August is the eighth month of the year." |
| While from nine: "nono" or "nona." "Nove" is the cardinal one, "nono" is the ordinal one. |
| Abito al nono piano. "I live on the ninth floor." |
| And the last regular one, from "dieci" is "decimo" or "decima." This is really useful because it's also used when you say 1/10th, right? "Un decimo." |
| Questa collana dimostra un decimo del suo valore. "This necklace shows one-tenth of its value." So, it looks cheaper than it is, right? |
| Questa collana dimostra un decimo del suo valore. |
| And from here on, it's easy. I mean, if you know the numbers already. |
| "Undici," so eleven, becomes "undicesimo," eleventh. Undicesimo: undici plus -esimo. |
| "Dodici": "dodicesimo" (twelfth). |
| "Tredici": "tredicesimo" (thirteenth). |
| And like this, you go on and on. |
| "Venti": "ventesimo" (twentieth). |
| "Ventuno": "ventunesimo" (21°). |
| "Ventidue": "ventiduesimo" (22°). |
| "Trentesimo" is thirtieth. |
| "Quarantesimo" is fortieth. |
| "Cinquantesimo" is fiftieth. |
| "Sessantesimo" is sixtieth. |
| "Settantesimo" is seventieth. |
| "Ottantesimo" is eightieth. |
| "Novantesimo" is ninetieth, which is really important if you like soccer because it's the 90th minute: "novantesimo minuto." |
| "Centesimo" is hundredth, which is important for counting cents, for example when you pay "un centesimo," "due centesimi." |
| And so on until "millesimo" is thousandth. |
| Un millesimo di secondo. "A millisecond." |
| So yeah, now you can use the ordinal numbers. Let's see who's gonna be "il primo" to comment, the first one to comment. |
| And if you want to practice your Italian, just click on the link in the description and download our PDF lessons. They include essential phrases you'll need in everyday life. |
| Thank you for watching, and I'll see you soon. Bye-bye, ciao ciao. |
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