Building Floors
To talk about sequences, ranks, or building floors, you need ordinal numbers. In Portuguese, the word for a floor or story is o andar.
| the floor (story) | o andar |
| The bathroom is on my floor. | A casa de banho fica no meu andar. |
Ordinal Numbers (1st to 10th)
Ordinal numbers act like adjectives. They almost always come before the noun and must agree with it in gender and number.
| Number | Masculine | Feminine |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | primeiro | primeira |
| 2nd | segundo | segunda |
| 3rd | terceiro | terceira |
| 4th | quarto | quarta |
| 5th | quinto | quinta |
| 6th | sexto | sexta |
| 7th | sétimo | sétima |
| 8th | oitavo | oitava |
| 9th | nono | nona |
| 10th | décimo | décima |
Notice how the endings change to -o for masculine nouns like o andar and -a for feminine nouns like a viagem.
| My apartment is on the first floor. | O meu apartamento fica no primeiro andar. |
| The third trip was wonderful. | A terceira viagem foi maravilhosa. |
Competitions and Sequencing
You will frequently use ordinal numbers to talk about competition results, such as winning first prize (o primeiro prémio) or coming in a specific place (lugar).
| Our team won the first prize. | A nossa equipa ganhou o primeiro prémio. |
| She came in second place. | Ela ficou em segundo lugar. |
They are also essential for counting occurrences (like the "fourth time") or keeping track of sequences like chapters and pages.
| This is the fourth time that he fails. | Esta é a quarta vez que ele falha. |
| The eighth chapter of the book is the most interesting. | O oitavo capítulo do livro é o mais interessante. |
| I do not understand the tenth page. | Eu não compreendo a décima página. |
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