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The Prefix 'ke-': Ordinal Numbers

Alexander StebnerCreator of Lingora · Updated 14 October 20262 min readComments

Put in front of a number and it becomes an ordinal: second, third, fourth.

two - second
three - third
four - fourth

The one exception is first, which is .

01

After the Noun

Like other describing words, the ordinal comes after the noun it describes.

anak kedua
the second child
hari ketiga
the third day

02

Both, All Three

Placed in front of a noun instead, the same words take in the whole group: means both and all three.

kedua anak saya
both my children

03

ke- Showing Direction

In (here, to this place) the ke is the word (to), written together with what follows. It points somewhere rather than counting.

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