9. Numeri

CARDINALI

Le cifre base su cui si costruiscono tutti i successivi numeri sono:

0 nought*
1 one
2 two
3 three
4 four
5 five
6 six
7 seven
8 eight
9 nine
10 ten

Zero in inglese viene indicato in diversi modi:

Esclusi 11 e 12 i numeri si costruiscono aggiungendo il suffisso -teen (13 si ha la trasformazione di three in thir, 15 si ha la trasformazione di five in fif, 18 perde una t).

11 eleven
12 twelve
13 thirteen
14 fourteen
15 fifteen
16 sexteen
17 seventeen
18 eighteen
19 nineteen

Le decine da 20 a 90 si costruiscono aggiungendo il suffisso -ty (20 si ha la trasformazione di two in twen, 30 si ha la trasformazione di three in thir, 50 si ha la trasformazione di five in fif).

20 twenty
30 thirty
40 fourty
50 fifty
60 sixty
70 seventy
80 eighty
90 ninety

Dal 21 al 99 le decine si collegano alle unità.

21 twentyone
22 twentytwo
23 twentythree
24 twentyfour
25 twentyfive
26 twentysix
27 twentyseven
28 twentyeight
29 twentynine

Dal 100 in poi si ha:

100 one hundred
101 one hundred and one
102 one hundred and two
123 one hundred and twentythree
234 two hundred and thirtyfour
1000 one thousand
1001 one thousand and one
1234 one thousand two hundred and thirtyfour
2345 two thousand three hundred and fourtyfive
12345 twelve thousand three hundred and fourtyfive
23456 two hundred and thirtyfour thousand four hundred and fiftysex
106 one milion
109 one bilion

ORDINALI

1TH first
2TH second
3TH third
4TH fourth
5TH fifth
6TH sixth
7TH seventh
8TH eighth
9TH ninth
10TH tenth
11TH eleventh
12TH twelfth
13TH thirteenth
... ...th
19TH nineteenth
20TH twentieth
30TH thirtieth