Questions & Answers about El octavo mes es agosto.
Why does octavo come before mes? Don't adjectives usually go after the noun?
You are right that most adjectives come after the noun. However, ordinal numbers (numbers that show order, like octavo, primero, or segundo) are an exception. They almost always go directly before the noun they describe.
Does octavo change its ending depending on the noun?
Yes! Because mes (month) is a masculine noun, we use the masculine form octavo. If you were talking about a feminine word, like a week (semana), it would change to octava (for example, la octava semana).
Wait, shouldn't octavo drop its final -o before a masculine noun?