Breakdown of La sua squadra ha finito il torneo al diciannovesimo posto.
avere
to have
suo
his/her/Your
il posto
the place/the seat
finire
to finish
al
to the / at the
la squadra
the team
il torneo
the tournament
diciannovesimo
nineteenth
Questions & Answers about La sua squadra ha finito il torneo al diciannovesimo posto.
How is the ordinal number diciannovesimo (nineteenth) formed from the number 19?
To form ordinal numbers from 11 upwards, you drop the final vowel of the number and add the suffix -esimo. The number 19 is diciannove. Drop the final e to get diciannov-, then add -esimo to make diciannovesimo.
Why does the sentence use al instead of in to say 'in nineteenth place'?
The translation says 'His team', so why does the sentence start with the feminine La sua?
In Italian, possessive adjectives agree with the gender and number of the thing being owned, not the owner. Squadra (team) is a feminine singular noun, so you must use La sua regardless of whether the team belongs to a man ('his') or a woman ('her').
Does diciannovesimo change its ending depending on the noun?
Yes! Ordinal numbers act exactly like regular adjectives. Because it describes il posto (a masculine singular noun), it ends in -o. If it were describing a feminine noun, like la posizione (the position), it would change to la diciannovesima posizione.
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