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Ordinal numerals
In enumeration, ordinal numbers can also appear as number one, number two, etc.
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‘First’, ‘second’, or more are suppletive, the others are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals
Example 21-48:
one, two, three, four, five, six [...]; first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth [...]
one,
one
two,
two
three,
three
four,
four
five,
five
six
six
[...];
[...]
first,
first
second,
second
third,
third
fourth,
fourth
fifth,
fifth
sixth
sixth
[...]
[...]
one, two, three, four, five, six [...]; first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth [...]
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
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Language:
Singlish
Feature:
Ordinal numerals
Source:
Own knowledge
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