Re: Cardinals and ordinals

Nik Taylor wrote:
> Garth Wallace wrote:
>
>>Isn't the count suffix "-ban" always required for ordinals?
>
>
> Not always.  For example, "chapter two" is _dainika_, World War One and
> World War Two are, respectively, _daiichiji sekai taisen_ and _dainiji
> sekai taisen_, literally "number-one-order world big-war" and
> "number-two-order world big-war", "third party" (in the sense of an
> individual) is _daisansha_, there's also an adverb _daiichi ni_ "first,
> first of all, above all else", e.g., _Mazu daiichi ni kenkou ni ki o
> tsukenakereba narimasen_ "One should take care of one's health *above
> all else*"
Ah, interesting.

> The -ji in the WW1 and WW2 words can apparently be used without any
> other affixes, too, my dictionary gives an example "niji shiken", "the
> second examination"
Is this the same -ji used for telling time?

>>Also, does "dai-" mean "great" here?
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>
> No, different kanji.
Okay.

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