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The Prefix 'ke-': Ordinal Numbers

Alexander StebnerCreator of Lingora · Updated 17 October 20262 min readComments

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

  • two - second
  • three - third
  • four - fourth
  • five - fifth
  • six - sixth

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

Doubled, the same words take in the whole group.

  • both
  • all three

  • kedua-dua anak saya

    both my children

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