Ordinal numbers: Difference between revisions

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Ordinal number (linguistics) (suxsox) in Taiwanese may begin with te or thaau:

te-1, te-2, te-3, ... (tex'id, texji, texsvaf, ...): first, second, third, ...; 第一, 第二, 第三

anzoaan tex'id: safety first; 安全第一
texji jinzhefng: second person (the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience); 第二人稱
texsvaf kokzex: third world; 第三國際

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-'''{{w|Ordinal number (linguistics)}}''' in Taiwanese are written in [[Harnji]]: {{wt|第一}}, {{wt|第二}}, {{wt|第三}}, etc.
+'''{{w|Ordinal number (linguistics)}}''' ({{x|suxsox}}) in Taiwanese may begin with ''{{x|te}}'' or ''{{x|thaau}}'':
+; te-1, te-2, te-3, ... ({{x|tex'id}}, {{x|texji}}, {{x|texsvaf}}, ...)
+: first, second, third, ...
+: {{wt|第一}}, {{wt|第二}}, {{wt|第三}}
-==How do I say these?==
+; {{x|thaau-cidee}}, {{x|thaau-nngxee}}, {{x|thaau-sva'ee}}
-;{{tts|anzoaan texid}} {{wt|安全第一}} :safety first
-;{{tts2|texji jinzhefng|texji jiin-zhefng}} {{wt|第二人稱}} :second person (the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience)
-;{{tts|texsvaf kokzex}} {{wt|第三國際}} :third world
-Only the first two use literary [[sorji]], the rest use colloquial.
+== Examples ==
+; {{x|anzoaan tex'id}}
+: safety first
+: {{wt|安全第一}}
+; {{x|texji jinzhefng}}
+: second person (the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience)
+: {{wt|第二人稱}}
+; {{x|texsvaf kokzex}}
+: third world
+: {{wt|第三國際}}
-==Style note==
+== See also ==
-*''te'' is most properly ''tøe'', but shortened in speech
+* [[Hokkien numerals]]
-**Example: tøexid -> texid, also tøe-1, te-1, etc
+[[Category:sorji]]