Les nombres ordinaux - a lesson on ordinary numbers. Welcome back to another French lesson. In this lesson, we're tackling les nombres ordinaux. Ces nombres montrent l'ordre ou une séquence. Aucuns exemples: premier, sixième,...
As I've just explained in French, ordinal numbers are used to show an order or a sequence. Some examples are: first, ninth,...
Cardinal numbers
deux
trois
quatre
cinq
six
sept
huit
neuf
dix
Exception:
un
Add -ième (both for masculine & feminine)
deux + ième
trois + ième
quatre (drop the -e) quatr + ième
cinq (attention: add -u before normal ending) cinq + u + ième
six + ième
sept + ième
huit + ième
neuf (attention: change -f to -v) neu + v + ième
dix + ième
Exception:
un (changes completely) premier (masc.) / première (fém)
The note above and the YouTube video shows a quick and easy way to introduce the ordinal numbers in French. In the next few weeks, we'll be introducing more ordinal numbers. However, the rule stays the same so it shouldn't be too hard with the rest of them.
Now, practice what you just learnt. On the worksheet, you will find a word search and a translation exercise for you to practice. I hope you enjoy this new topic. Leave comments and any questions.
