Ordinals beyond third and fractions: quart, la meitat, tres quarts
Ordinals up to third you knew: primer, segon, tercer. Further the row changes its face: quart, and from the fifth — the stress at the end: cinquè, sisè, setè, huitè, novè, desè. The feminine of "quart" is short — quarta, while the rest are long — cinquena, sisena: "la quarta planta" — the fourth floor, "la desena pàgina" — the tenth page. For example: “Vivim a la quarta planta, al desè pis del bloc” — We live on the…
How it works
Ordinals up to third you knew: primer, segon, tercer. Further the row changes its face: quart, and from the fifth — the stress at the end: cinquè, sisè, setè, huitè, novè, desè. The feminine of "quart" is short — quarta, while the rest are long — cinquena, sisena: "la quarta planta" — the fourth floor, "la desena pàgina" — the tenth page.
Fractions are counted on their own ruler: la meitat — half, el terç — a third, un quart — a quarter. Further — the numeral + "-av": un cinquè — a fifth part, but the common form is simpler: dos terços — two thirds, tres quarts — three quarters. "Un quart d'hora" — a quarter of an hour: time is counted in fractions too.
Table
| form | meaning | example |
|---|---|---|
| quart / quarta | fourth | la quarta planta |
| cinquè…desè | fifth…tenth (feminine -ena) | la sisena vegada |
| la meitat / el terç | half / a third | la meitat del camí |
| tres quarts | three quarters | tres quarts d'hora |
By example
- Vivim a la quarta planta, al desè pis del blocWe live on the fourth floor, on the tenth level of the building
- La meitat del pastís és per a tu i un terç per a miHalf the cake for you, and a third for me
- Tres quarts dels veïns han signatThree quarters of the neighbors signed
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Ordinals beyond third and fractions: how does it work in Valencian?
Ordinals up to third you knew: primer, segon, tercer. Further the row changes its face: quart, and from the fifth — the stress at the end: cinquè, sisè, setè, huitè, novè, desè. The feminine of "quart" is short — quarta, while the rest are long — cinquena, sisena: "la quarta planta" — the fourth…
What does it look like in an example sentence Valencian?
“Vivim a la quarta planta, al desè pis del bloc” — We live on the fourth floor, on the tenth level of the building. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.