Ordinal numbers - first, second, third - are adjectives in Russian. They agree with their noun in gender, number and case and take ordinary adjective endings.
01
Forms
- (pérvyypérvyj) - first
- (vtoróyvtorój) - second
- (trétiytrétij) - third
- (chetvyórtyyčetvjórtyj) - fourth
- (pyátyypjátyj) - fifth
- (desyátyydesjátyj) - tenth
- (dvadtsátyydvadcátyj) - twentieth
Most are formed from the cardinal number. (TrétiyTrétij) has its own soft declension: (trét'yatrétʹja), (trét'yetrétʹje), (trét'yegotrétʹjego).
Моё пе́рвое впечатле́ние.
Moyó pérvoye vpechatléniye.Mojó pérvoje vpečatlénije.
My first impression.
Тре́тьим челове́ком на Луне́ был Пит Ко́нрад.
Trét'im chelovékom na Luné byl Pit Kónrad.Trétʹim čelovékom na Luné byl Pit Kónrad.
The third man on the Moon was Pete Conrad.
Я живу́ на пя́том этаже́.
Ya zhivú na pyátom etazhé.Ja živú na pjátom etažé.
I live on the fifth floor.
02
Compound Ordinals
Only the last part of a compound number becomes an ordinal.
Два́дцать пе́рвый век.
Dvádtsat' pérvyy vek.Dvádcatʹ pérvyj vek.
The twenty-first century.
03
Dates
The day of the month is a neuter ordinal (agreeing with the understood word (chislóčisló), date), and the month is in the genitive.
Сего́дня пе́рвое ма́я.
Segódnya pérvoye máya.Segódnja pérvoje mája.
Today is the first of May.
Како́е сего́дня число́?
Kakóye segódnya chisló?Kakóje segódnja čisló?
What's the date today?
04
On a Date
On a date is expressed by the genitive of the ordinal, with no preposition.
Я роди́лся пя́того ию́ня.
Ya rodílsya pyátogo iyúnya.Ja rodílsja pjátogo ijúnja.
I was born on the fifth of June.
Уви́димся деся́того ма́рта.
Uvídimsya desyátogo márta.Uvídimsja desjátogo márta.
See you on the tenth of March.
05
Years
A year is an ordinal too: "the two-thousandth year". In the year is в with the prepositional.
Я роди́лся в двухты́сячном году́.
Ya rodílsya v dvukhtýsyachnom godú.Ja rodílsja v dvuxtýsjačnom godú.
I was born in 2000.
In the course
Sentences from Lingora’s Russian course
19 of the course's 500 sentences use this, the first in lesson 273. A few of them, with the words “Ordinal Numbers and Dates” is about in bold:
Моё первое впечатление - она очень умная.
Moyó pérvoye vpechatléniye - oná óchen' úmnaya.Mojó pérvoje vpečatlénije - oná óčenʹ úmnaja.
My first impression is that she is very smart.
Lesson 333
Вы первая, кто заметила!
Vy pérvaya, kto zamétila!Vy pérvaja, kto zamétila!
You are the first person to notice!
Lesson 337
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