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Numbers and description

Ordinal numbers

Say first, second, third, floors, rankings, and positions in a sequence.

12 minute lesson

Two special beginnings, then a regular pattern

First and second should be memorized. From many higher cardinals, ordinals are built with -երորդ (-erord). Ordinals behave like adjectives and normally come before the noun.

Common ordinals

NumberArmenianTransliterationEnglish
1stառաջինarrajinfirst
2ndերկրորդyerkrordsecond
3rdերրորդyerrordthird
4thչորրորդch’orrordfourth
5thհինգերորդhingerordfifth
6thվեցերորդvets’erordsixth
7thյոթերորդyot’erordseventh
8thութերորդut’erordeighth
9thիններորդinnerordninth
10thտասներորդtasnerordtenth
20thքսաներորդk’sanerordtwentieth
21stքսանմեկերորդk’sanmekerordtwenty-first

Dates

օգոստոսի տասնինըogostosi tasninəAugust nineteenth / August 19Pronunciation: ə is a short neutral “uh” sound.
փետրվարի հինգըp’etrvari hingəFebruary fifth / February 5Pronunciation: p’ is aspirated; ə is a short “uh” sound.

Examples

առաջին օրarrajin orthe first dayPronunciation: rr is strongly rolled; j is as in “jam”.
երկրորդ հարկyerkrord harkthe second floorPronunciation: rr is strongly rolled.
երրորդ անգամyerrord angamthe third timePronunciation: rr is strongly rolled.

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