We use ordinal numbers to see which comes first.

当我们看是哪个先时候，使用序数。

And fiftieth is the correct way to write the ordinal number.

而 fiftith 才是序数词写法。

Finally, you might also hear ordinal numbers used as an adjective.

后，你可能还会听到序数用作形容词。

It's very rare to see an unabbreviated ordinal number in a written date.

我们非常常用这写法当我们在写整个日期时候。

But in the Olympic games, ordinal numbers are of central importance.

但是在奥运会上，序数才是。

All of the other ordinal numbers end in a TH.

所有其他以TH结尾序数词。

When you're ordering things, so when ordinal numbers like second, fifth, are used as adjectives.

当你在给某些事物排序时，那么这时序数词像是第二，第五，作为冠词使用。

Ordinal numbers are numbers that show the order of things.

序数词表示是事物顺序。

Ordinal numbers can act as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.

序数可以充当名词、形容词或副词。

The three most important ordinal numbers in the Olympics are first, second, and third.

奥运会上三个序号是第一、第二和第三。

Ordinal numbers suggest an order of things – think the order of winners in the Olympics.

序数代表事物顺序--想想奥运会获胜者顺序。

You'll see a number up here, it'll be an ordinal number.

大家会看到数字出现在这里，它会是一个序数词。

Ordinal numbers also can act as adverbs.

序数也可以充当副词。

" Second" is what we would call an " ordinal (ordinal) number."

“第二” 就是我们所说“序数（ordinal）数” 。

" Ordinal numbers" put things in order.

“序数” 使事情井然有序。

Ordinal numbers are one important area of grammar that connects with the Olympics.

序数是与奥运会相关一个语法领域。

In both cases, the ordinal number is acting like a noun.

在这两个例子中，序数作用都像一个名词。

Notice that I used in ordinal number, eighth.

请注意， 我在序数中使用了第八个。

One type of transition signal is ordinal numbers. Listen.

一类型转换信号是序数。 听。

And when we talk about the Olympics, we use ordinal numbers for all of these purposes.

当我们谈到奥运会时，我们使用序号来展示这些词性。