LibreLingo

Ordinal Numbers

The ordinal numbers from 1 to 1000 are these:

  • 1 первый
  • 2 второй
  • 3 третий
  • 4 четвертый
  • 5 пятый
  • 6 шестой
  • 7 седьмой
  • 8 восьмой
  • 9 девятый
  • 100 сотый
  • 1000 тысячный

Like in the Interslavic explanation, these function grammatically like adjectives and decline accordingly.

To state the time of day, you typically use the preposition в or на followed by the ordinal number in the Prepositional case and the word часу́ (Prepositional case of "час").

  • Example: 8:45 -> в восьмо́м часу́ со́рок пять мину́т - at eight forty-five (literally 'in the eighth hour').