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Ordinal numbers ("first,
second, third, etc") are made
by adding a suffix to the cardinal
number. The suffix is a variant of -inci congruent
with Turkish
vowel harmony:
1st |
birinci |
beer-EEN-jee |
2nd |
ikinci |
ee-KEEN-jee |
3rd |
üçüncü |
ur-CHURN-jur |
10th |
onuncu |
ohn-OON-joo |
20th |
yirminci |
yeer-MEEN-jee |
30th |
otuzuncu |
oh-tooz-OON-joo |
100th |
yüzüncü |
yurz-URN-jur |
157th |
yüzelliyedinci |
yurz-eh-lee-yeh-DEEN-jee |
1000th |
bininci |
been-EEN-jee |
1,000,000th |
milyonuncu |
meel-yohn-OON-joo |
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If
you don't know Turkish numbers,
how can you buy a National
Lottery ticket from
this Istanbul vendor? |
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