CursoLección 46/87

Numeros ordinales y fechas

"Ordinals name position (first, second, third...) and are used in dates."

La regla

Los ordinales nombran posicion (first, second, third...) y forman las fechas.

Los ordinales son first, second, third, fourth, fifth... y siguen la forma -th excepto 1st (first), 2nd (second), 3rd (third). En compuestos: twenty-first, thirty-second, etc. Las fechas en inglés britanico se dicen "the 11th of May" y se escriben "11 May" o "11th May". En inglés americano: "May 11th" o "May 11". Para cumpleanos: "My birthday is on June 3rd". Pronunciación: "1st" se lee "first", NUNCA "one-st"; "3rd" se lee "third", no "three-rd".

Ejemplos

Today is the eleventh of May.

Hoy es 11 de mayo.

My first day at Nexora is May 11th.

Mi primer día en Nexora es el 11 de mayo.

Her birthday is on June 3rd.

Su cumpleanos es el 3 de junio.

I sit on the second floor.

Me siento en la segunda planta.

This is my twenty-first English class.

Esta es mi clase de inglés numero veintiuno.

The meeting is on the 1st of December.

La reunion es el 1 de diciembre.

He finished third in the tournament.

Termino tercero en el torneo.

Casos típicos

Ordinales irregulares1st, 2nd, 3rd

firstsecondthird

Resto: numero + th-th

fourthfifthsixthtenth

Compuestos: solo cambia el últimotwenty-first, thirty-second

21st = twenty-first32nd = thirty-second

Fechas britanicasthe X of MONTH

the 11th of Maythe 1st of January

Fechas americanasMONTH X

May 11thJanuary 1st

Trampas hispanohablantes

My birthday is on June three.My birthday is on June third / the third of June.

En fechas se usa el ordinal, no el cardinal.

I read "one-st" for 1st.Read 1st as "first".

1st se pronuncia first, no one-st.

twenty-twothtwenty-second

Solo cambia la última parte: 22nd = twenty-second.

The meeting is on May.The meeting is in May. / on May 11th.

Mes = in. Día concreto = on.