पहिला / दुसरा / तिसरा
First, Second and Third
चौथा has a form of its own: चौथा, चौथी, चौथे.
How It Works
Every ordinal ends like an adjective that changes: -ा for a masculine noun, -ी for a feminine noun and -े for a neuter noun.
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | पहिला | पहिली | पहिले |
| second | दुसरा | दुसरी | दुसरे |
| third | तिसरा | तिसरी | तिसरे |
| fourth | चौथा | चौथी | चौथे |
| fifth | पाचवा | पाचवी | पाचवे |
Before an ending, the form ends in -या: पहिल्या मजल्यावर (on the first floor), दुसऱ्या मजल्यावर (on the second floor), तिसऱ्या दिवशी (on the third day). The र of दुसरा and तिसरा becomes the eyelash र before -या.
Check the noun's gender first: ट्रेन and बस are feminine, दिवस is masculine, and घर is neuter.
The ordinal also fits a date or a place in a line: पहिल्या रांगेत means in the first row. A row, a floor or a day all take an ordinal that matches their gender.
Examples (5)
- पहिली ट्रेन सहा वाजता आहे.
The first train is at six.
पहिली matches the feminine noun ट्रेन.
- आज दुसरा दिवस आहे.
Today is the second day.
दुसरा matches the masculine noun दिवस.
- आमचे घर तिसऱ्या मजल्यावर आहे.
Our house is on the third floor.
तिसऱ्या is the form before the ending -वर.
- तिसरे घर माझ्या मावशीचे आहे.
The third house is my aunt's.
तिसरे matches the neuter noun घर.
- ती पाचवी मुलगी माझी बहीण आहे.
The fifth girl is my sister.
पाचवी matches the feminine noun मुलगी.
Common Mistakes
Using the masculine form with a feminine noun.
पहिला ट्रेन सहा वाजता आहे.पहिली ट्रेन सहा वाजता आहे.ट्रेन is feminine, so the ordinal ends in -ी.
Keeping the plain form before an ending.
आमचे घर दुसरा मजल्यावर आहे.आमचे घर दुसऱ्या मजल्यावर आहे.Before an ending the ordinal ends in -या, and दुसरा becomes दुसऱ्या.
How It Connects
Learn This First
First, second and third agree with the noun.
Related Patterns
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