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Vado dal tredicesimo cliente della giornata.

Vado dal tredicesimo cliente della giornata.
I am going to the thirteenth client of the day.
From Lesson 246:Ordinal numbers 11th and above (-esimo)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Vado dal tredicesimo cliente della giornata.

How is tredicesimo formed from the number thirteen (tredici)?
To form ordinal numbers from 11 upwards, you take the regular number, drop its final vowel, and add the suffix -esimo. For tredici (thirteen), you drop the final -i and add -esimo, giving you tredicesimo.
Why does tredicesimo end in -o when cliente ends in -e?
Ordinal numbers act like regular adjectives and must agree with the noun they describe in gender and number. Cliente is a noun that ends in -e for both masculine and feminine. However, the preposition dal (da + il) tells us this specific client is masculine, so tredicesimo takes the masculine singular ending -o.
Why does the sentence use dal instead of al to say "to the"?
In Italian, when you are going to see a person (like a client, a friend, or a doctor) rather than a place, you must use the preposition da instead of a. Since it is a masculine singular client (il cliente), da + il combines into dal.
Why does the sentence use giornata instead of giorno for "day"?
While giorno refers to a day as a simple unit of time or a date, giornata emphasizes the span, duration, or experience of the day. When talking about a day full of activities or work, like seeing thirteen clients, giornata is much more natural.

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