Which 4 letters do you add to create an ordinal number in French?
To form ordinal numbers in French, we simply add the ending -ième to the cardinal number. When the cardinal number ends in an -e, this disappears before we add the ordinal ending. The number un/une is irregular. To make the number cinq into an ordinal number, we add a -u before adding the ordinal ending.
Which is the ordinal numbers in French?
The ordinal number are: Premier/première (first), deuxième (second), troisième (third), quatrième (fourth) and cinquième (fifth). It useful to first learn the French numbers to better understand this lesson. To form the ordinal number in French add “ième” to the basic number.
How do you say 4th in French?
Il a fini le troisième exercice….
| English | French | Long-hand |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | 4e | quatrième |
| 5th | 5e | cinquième |
| 9th | 9e | neuvième |
What is the ordinal number of 40?
40th = fortieth (It’s my 40th birthday tomorrow.)
How do you count to 10000 in French?
Keeping these rules in mind, here are some examples of the thousands, ten thousands, and hundred thousands in French:
- 1.000 – mille.
- 1.001 – mille-un.
- 1.010 – mille-dix.
- 1.789 – mille-sept-cent-quatre-vingt-neuf.
- 1.999 – mille-neuf-cent-quatre-vingt-dix-neuf.
- 10.000 – dix-mille.
- 12.000 – douze-mille.
How do you pronounce Dix in French?
You probably came away from your first ever French class with the knowledge that the French word dix is the number ten. You probably learnt to count to ten, and pronounced dix “diss”, a bit like a rhyme with English “geese”.
How do you write 100 in ordinal numbers?
The ordinal number of 100 is written as “one hundredth” or it can also be written as “the hundredth”.