Ordinal numbers (rangtelwoorden) + exercises

Ordinal numbers (rangtelwoorden)

You use this to say what the position (rang) is of something

Example

first place

May seventh

Rule to follow: Cardinal numbers (hoofdtelwoorden) are about the position (rang).

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Similair to cardinal numbers 11 (eleven) until 19 (nineteen) are irregular (they don't make sense), so learn them by heart! (leer het uit je hoofd)

From 20 and above, it's regular

20- twentieth                 70- seventieth

30- thirtieth                    80- eightieth                         

40- fortieth                     90- ninetieth

50- fiftieth                      100- hundredth

60- sixtieth

 

steps from 20 and above

34= thirty-fourth 

1. Begin with the first number--> thirty

2. add a dash (streepje) --> thirty -

3. Add the second number --> thirty - fourth 

 

Make the exercise down below