MARCO SUCUPIRA LANGUAGE MATERIALS

NUMERALS AND DATES, TELLING THE TIME

NUMERALS

Cardinals Ordinals
1. one 1st (the first)
2. two 2nd (the second)
3. three 3rd (the third)
4. four 4th (the fourth)
5. five 5th (the fifth)
6. six 6th (the sixth)
7. seven 7th (the seventh)
8. eight 8th (eighth)
9. nine 9th (the ninth)
10. ten 10th (the tenth)
11. eleven 11th (the eleventh)
12. twelve 12th (the twelfth)
13. thirteen 13th (the thirteenth)
14. fourteen 14th (the fourteenth)
15. fifteen 15th (the fifteenth)
16. sixteen 16th (the sixteenth)
17. seventeen 17th (the seventeenth)
18. eighteen 18th (the eighteenth)
19. nineteen 19th (the nineteenth)
20. twenty 20th (the twentieth)
21. twenty-one 21st (the twenty-first)
22. twenty-two 22nd (the twenty-second)
23. twenty-three 23rd (the twenty-third)
30. thirty 30th (the thirtieth)
31. thirty-one 31st (the thirty-first)
32. thirty-two 32nd (the thirty-second)
33. thirty-three 33rd (the thirty-third)
40. forty 40th (the fortieth)
50. fifty 50th (the fiftieth)
60. sixty 60th (the sixtieth)
70. seventy 70th (the seventieth)
80. eighty 80th (the eightieth)
90. ninety 90th (the ninetieth)
100. a (one) hundred 100th (the (one) hundredth)
101. one hundred and one 101st the (one) hundred and first
102. two hundred and two 102nd the (one) hundred and second
200. two hundred 200th (the two hundredth)
300. three hundred 300th (the three hundredth)
400. four hundred 400th (the four hundredth)
1.000 a (one) thousand 1.000th (the (one) thousandth)
2.000 two thousand 2.000th (the two thousandth)
100.000 a (one) hundred thousand 100.000th (the one hundred (thousandth)
1.000.000 a (one) million 1.000.000th (the (one) millionth)

CARDINAL NUMBERS
1. "And" is used after hundred, thousand, million, if followed by one of the first 99 numbers as:
122 - One hundred and twenty-two.
2044 - Two thousand and forty-four.
1.965.716 - One million nine hundred and sixty-five thousand seven hundred and sixteen.

2."A" is more usual than "one" before hundred, thousand when these numbers stand alone:

a hundred a thousand

But when other numbers are added "one" is more usual:
104 - one hundred and four or a hundred and four
11.100 - eleven thousand one hundred

3. O may be either nought(naught), oh or zero.
We say: 3 degrees below (under) zero and
nine oh five (905) for an address, for example.

ORDINAL NUMBERS
1. Ordinal numbers are used to denote the date of the month, as:
Today is the first of June.
Yesterday was the thirty-first of May.

2. They are used for fractions:

1/3: a third 7/8: seven-eighths


3. They are also used to denote the succession of rulers:
Henry III: Henry, the Third
George VI: George, the Sixth

4. When ordinal numbers are expressed in figures the last two letters of the written word must be added:
first - 1st
forty-second - 42nd
eightieth - 80th

5. In compound ordinal numbers the rule about "and" is the same as for compound cardinal numbers:
23rd - the twenty-third
123rd - the hundred and twenty-third
Don't forget that only the last number (in compound ordinal numbers) takes the ordinal form.

6. The article "the" normally precedes ordinal numbers:
The thirty-first day.
The fortieth visitor.

DATES

A. The days of the week:
Sunday (Sun.) - Monday (Mon.) - Tuesday (Tues.)
Wednesday (Wed.) - Thursday (Thurs.) - Friday (Fri.)
Saturday (Sat.)

B. The months of the year:

January (Jan.) July
February (Feb.) August (Aug.)
March (Mar.) September (Sept.)
April (Apr.) October (Oct.)
May November (Nov.)
June December (Dec.)

C. How to express a date
1. Dates are expressed by ordinal numbers, so, when reading or speaking, we say:
April the twentieth or The twentieth of April

They can be written in a variety of ways:

April 20 April 20th
20th April 20th of April
20 April  

2. When reading or speaking we use the term "hundred" but not "thousand". The year 1968 would be read as:
nineteen hundred and sixty-eight or more commonly; nineteen sixty-eight.

But the years 1900 and 1908 can only be read as:
nineteen hundred.
nineteen hundred and eight.

3. To say April 10 1968, we have 4 alternatives:
April the tenth, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.
April the tenth, nineteen sixty-eight.
The tenth of April, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.
The tenth of April, nineteen sixty-eight.

TELLING THE TIME

What time is it?
What is the time?
What time do you have?

(3:00) It is three o'clock.
(3:00) It is three o'clock sharp.
(3:00) It is three o'clock on the dot.
(3:10) It is ten minutes past three.
(3:10) It is ten past three.
(3:10) It is three-ten.
(3:15) Is it fifteen minutes past three.
(3:15) It is fifteen past three.
(3:15) It is three-fifteen.
(3:15) It is a quarter past three.
(3:30) It is thirty minutes past three.
(3:30) It is thirty past three.
(3:30) It is three-thirty.
(3:30) It is half past three.
(3:25) It is twenty-five minutes past three.
(3:35) It is thirty-five past three.
(3:35) It is three thirty-five.
(3:35) It is twenty-five minutes to four.
(3:35) It is twenty-five to four.
(3:45) It is fifteen minutes to four.
(3:45) It is fifteen to four.
(3:45) It is a quarter to four.
(3:45) It is forty-five past three.
(3:45) It is three forty-five.

REMARKS:
1. Before noon we write "am" (Ante-Meridian) after the time.
6:30 half past six am.
But after noon we write "p.m." (Post-Meridian).
6:30 half past six p.m.

2. 12:00 - That may be: twelve o'clock, midday, noon or
midnight without am or p.m.

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