English language

​The ordinal numbers denote a position in sequence and the come from the cardinal numbers (1,2,3,4....100 etc)

 

 

 

 

Table of Ordinal Numbers

 

 

Ordinal Numbers from 1 through 1,000,000

 

1

st

first

11

th

eleventh

21

st

twenty -first

31

st

thirty-first

2

nd

second

12

th

twelfth

22

nd

twenty-second

40

th

fortieth

3

rd

third

13

th

thirteenth

23

rd

twenty-third

50

th

fiftieth

4

th

fourth

14

th

fourteenth

24

th

twenty-fourth

60

th

sixtieth

5

th

fifth

15

th

fifteenth

25

th

twenty-fifth

70

th

seventieth

6

th

sixth

16

th

sixteenth

26

th

twenty-sixth

80

th

eightieth

7

th

seventh

17

th

seventeenth

27

th

twenty-seventh

90

th

ninetieth

8

th

eighth

18

th

eighteenth

28

th

twenty-eighth

100

th

one hundredth

9

th

ninth

19

th

nineteenth

29

th

twenty-ninth

1,000

th

one thousandth

10

th

tenth

20

th

twentieth

30

th

thirtieth

1,000,000

th

one millionth

 

 

 

to form ordinal numbers, just add "th" to the cardinal number, examples:

4 (four) .............4th (fourth)

11 (eleven)..........11th (eleventh)

20 (twenty)...........20th (twentieth)

14 (fourteen)........14th (fourteenth)

100 (hundred)..........100 (hundredth)

 

with the following exceptions

 

 

• 1 (one) -  1st (first)

• 2 (two) - 2nd (second)

• 3 (three) - 3rd (third)

• five - fifth

• eight - eighth

• nine - ninth

• twelve - twelfth

• twenty - twentieth

• thirty - thirtieth

• fourty - fourtieth

• fifty - fiftieth

• sixty - sixtieth

• seventy - seventieth

• eighty - eightieth

• ninety - ninetieth