Things to remember
- Ordinal numbers in both English and Spanish indicate position in a series or the order of items. (first, second, third, fourth, etc.)
- Ordinal numbers MUST agree with number AND gender with the noun.
- Ordinal numbers are placed BEFORE the noun.
- Primero (first) and tercero (third) drop the 'o' before a masculine singular noun.
'El piso' is singular & masculine: El primer piso El Segundo piso El tercer piso
The first floor The second floor The third floor
** remember the rule for dropping the 'o' at the end only applies to primero (first) y tercero (third), all other orndinal numbers that come before masculine singlur nouns keep the 'o' on the end.
e.g. el segundo piso (the second floor), el quarto piso (the forth floor), el quinto piso(the fifth floor)
When describing a plural masculine noun their proper form is 'primeros' or 'terceros'.
When ordinal numbers come before a feminine noun the o/os is replaced by an a/as.
The following examples show ordinal numbers before a singular and plural feminine nouns.
la tarta-the cake
las letras- the letters
Let's say I'm choosing a birthday cake for my sister.
Which one do I want?
la segunda tarta ('the second cake')
If I want to review the first letters of the alphabet.....
las primeras letras del alfabeto en Español
Here is the ordinal numbers page from the textbook.
(click on it to make it bigger)
We reviewed SER v. ESTAR watching the following video.
Both worksheets from this week are due in class tomorrow.
Please have them finish and ready to correct when you arrive in class!
-Maestra Matson
