Ordinals use the circumfix me-...-e (meore, mesame); 'first' is irregular p'irveli.
I can use ordinal numbers for floors, stops, dates, and sequences.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
แแแกแแแ แแแฉแแ แแแแแ แฉแแแแแ.
Get off at the third stop.
แฉแแแแ แแแแ แแแแแฎแ แกแแ แแฃแแแแ.
Our apartment is on the fourth floor.
แแก แฉแแแ แแแ แแแแ แแแแแแ แแแแ แกแแฅแแ แแแแแแจแ.
This is my first trip in Georgia.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Rule: แแ- + numeral stem + -แ: แแแแ แ (second), แแแกแแแ (third), แแแแแ (tenth). Exception: แแแ แแแแ (first).
They behave like adjectives: แแแแ แ แกแแ แแฃแแ (second floor), แแแกแแแ แแแฉแแ แแแ (third stop).
Apply this grammar in A2 course exercises
Practice ExercisesRegularizing 'first' (*แแแแ แแ) instead of แแแ แแแแ, and inflecting ordinals for number like RU/UK/CS: as attributes they stay unchanged (แแแแ แ แกแแฎแแแแ).
Regularized 'first' or inflected attributive ordinals
Sequence drills (stops, floors, days) contrasting แแแ แแแแ with แแ-...-แ forms.
แแแกแแแ แแแฉแแ แแแแแ แฉแแแแแ.
Get off at the third stop.
แแแกแแแ = แแ- + แกแแ + -แ.
แฉแแแแ แแแแ แแแแแฎแ แกแแ แแฃแแแแ.
Our apartment is on the fourth floor.
Ordinal + แกแแ แแฃแแแ (-แแ 'on').
แแก แฉแแแ แแแ แแแแ แแแแแแ แแแแ แกแแฅแแ แแแแแแจแ.
This is my first trip in Georgia.
Irregular แแแ แแแแ.
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