primièr, segond, tresen
Ordinal Numbers
Ordinal numbers say which position something has.
How It Works
An ordinal tells which place something has in a list. It agrees with its noun, and it usually carries the article: lo primièr jorn (the first day), la segonda setmana (the second week).
| Masculine | Feminine | English |
|---|---|---|
| primièr | primièra | first |
| segond | segonda | second |
| tresen | tresena | third |
| quatren | quatrena | fourth |
| cinquen | cinquena | fifth |
Write tresen, quatren and cinquen without an accent. When the noun is known, leave it out: Joan es lo tresen (Joan is the third one). The Spanish and Catalan ordinal tercer is not Occitan.
Dates use primièr for the first of the month (lo primièr de mai) and the plain number for the others.
Examples (4)
- Es lo primièr jorn.
It is the first day.
Primièr goes before the noun.
- Es la segonda setmana.
It is the second week.
Segonda agrees with setmana.
- Joan es lo tresen.
Joan is the third one.
The noun is left out.
- Maria es la quatrena.
Maria is the fourth one.
Quatrena is the feminine of quatren.
Common Mistakes
Using the Spanish or Catalan form.
Joan es lo tercer.Joan es lo tresen.Occitan says tresen. Tercer is Spanish and Catalan.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Ordinal numbers come from the cardinals and agree like adjectives, so the small numbers and the feminine of adjectives come first.
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