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Guardi la dodicesima pagina del documento, per favore.

Guardi la dodicesima pagina del documento, per favore.
Please look at the twelfth page of the document.
From Lesson 243:Ordinal numbers 11th and above (-esimo)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Guardi la dodicesima pagina del documento, per favore.

How do you form the word dodicesima from the number twelve (dodici)?
To form ordinal numbers from 11 onwards, you drop the final vowel of the number and add -esimo. So dodici becomes dodicesimo. Because it describes the feminine noun pagina, the ending changes to -a to become dodicesima.
Why is the verb guardi instead of guarda?
This is the formal imperative (command) form. When politely asking someone you address with the formal 'you' (Lei) to do something, the imperative ending for -are verbs like guardare is -i. If you were talking to a friend, you would use the informal guarda.
Does the ordinal number usually come before the noun, as in dodicesima pagina?
Yes, just like in English, ordinal numbers (first, second, twelfth, etc.) normally go before the noun they describe in Italian.
Which syllable is stressed when pronouncing dodicesima?
The stress falls on the e in the suffix, making it do-di-CE-si-ma. This is a helpful pattern to remember, as the stress always falls on that e for any ordinal number ending in -esimo or -esima.

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