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Vivo en la cuarta casa.

Vivo en la cuarta casa.
I live in the fourth house.
From Lesson 57:Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primero, segundo, tercero)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Vivo en la cuarta casa.

Why is it cuarta and not cuarto?
Ordinal numbers act like adjectives in Spanish, so they must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because casa (house) is feminine, the default masculine cuarto changes to the feminine cuarta.
Why does cuarta come before casa?
Most descriptive adjectives in Spanish come after the noun (like la casa blanca). However, ordinal numbers (first, second, third...) are an exception. They usually go before the noun, just like in English.
Since primero shortens to primer, does cuarta ever shorten to "cuart"?
No, cuarto and cuarta never drop their endings. That shortening rule (truncation) only applies to primero (first) and tercero (third), and only when they come directly before a masculine singular noun.
Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?
It is built right into the verb. Vivo is the "I" form of the verb vivir (to live). Because the ending "-o" already tells us who is doing the action, you do not need to add yo (I) at the beginning.

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