Search results
Oct 22, 2007 · Swedish (Göteborg) Oct 22, 2007. #4. mariaper said: You use the words "syd, väst, ost/öst, nord" together, for example. "sydväst, (southwest), nordost (northeast). In other situations it is more common to use söder, norr, väster, öster. I'm a native Swede. I know that when combining mutliple directions, one uses the "short" forms.
Nov 21, 2009 · Nov 21, 2009. #2. You choose in or on according to context. One says, on the coast, and therefore, on the east coast. The direction does not affect the preposition. You can use "in" if describing an interior - eg in the East, or in the Northern wastes. D.
Jul 7, 2018 · The exception might be if the teacher is worried that the student might not understand the numbers -- if the student is a language learners, for instance. In that case the teacher might say the cardinal forms the second time to be sure that the student understands. (The vowel in '-five' is clearer than the vowel in '-fifth'.)
Oct 30, 2017 · Regarding Romanian I confirm that the terms Nord/Sud/Est/Vest are neologisms, most probably imported from French (or German) in XIX century. The historical Romanian names for these cardinal points are: nord = ' miazănoapte ' < Lat. mediam noctem. sud = ' miazăzi ' < Lat. mediam diem. est = ' răsărit ' (literally meaning 'rise' in the ...
Aug 11, 2014 · English - US (Midwest) Aug 11, 2014. #2. North, south, east, etc. are written as lowercase letters a majority of the time. When used to refer to regions or when they are part of a proper noun, they are written in capitals. For instance, I have "Midwest" (capitalized) written in my user information because I am referring to that region of the ...
Dec 12, 2007 · Dec 12, 2007. #3. Hello, Cardinal means of primary importance, i.e. these are the main obligations, the most important obligations. Hope it helps!
Jun 11, 2014 · English - USA. Jun 11, 2014. #3. According to Wikipedia, the primary, secondary, etc series is another ordinal series, like first, second, etc but more Latinate and often used for importance, precedence, or sequence of dependence. Look in the wikipedia article on Ordinal number (linguistics).
Dec 25, 2007 · Dec 25, 2007. #2. First of all, that's not Italian. The most similar word to that one is boccato which in fact is an adjective and means "with a big mouth". Still, that expression is also used in Spanish and it is supposed to mean Bocado (hence the confusion, remember that Lorca is Spanish) de cardenales. That is, something exquisite, that ...
Dec 1, 2015 · This seems a really trivial question, but I've had this nagging thought in the back of my head. Many years ago, when I was first taught what is known to academics as cardinal numerals (or just 'numbers') in English, I'm sure the almighty teacher said clearly you write "twenty-one" or "ninety-nine", not "twenty one" or "ninety nine".
Jan 10, 2013 · Jan 11, 2013. #13. The second time = determiner (definite article "the") + adjective (ordinal number "second") + noun ("time")--that's how I see it in my brain. A First Lady is an unofficial title used in the USA. Not everyone gets a second chance. In my opinion, the ordinals in the above examples are adjectives.
