Re: Cardinal vs Ordinal Age
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, November 3, 2003, 7:41 |
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dansulani wrote:
> Or, loosely, "He/She is enduring for the 40th time a year".
Wouldn't you use "41st"? The year you were born was the first time, but
in English, is not "one". You don't turn "one" until you've lived a
whole year, when you enter your *second* year of life, and so on.
The Kassi use ordinals that way. So, where I'd say "I'm 25 years old"
in English, I'd say "I'm in my 26th year" in Uatakassi.
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