ordinal number oor Xhosa

ordinal number

naamwoord

(arithmetic) A number used to denote position in a sequence.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

inani ngokokuma kwento

A number whose form indicates position in an ordered sequence of items, such as first, third, or twentieth.

voorbeelde

Again, 480th is an ordinal number, representing 479 complete years.
Kwakhona, inani lama-480 liyiordinal, limela iminyaka engama-479 epheleleyo.

How do ordinal numbers differ from cardinal numbers?
Ahluke njani amanani aziiordinal kumanani aziicardinal?

Give an example of reckoning with ordinal numbers.
Nika umzekelo wokubala ngamanani aziiordinal.

(“Four hundred and eightieth” being an ordinal number, it represents 479 full years.)
(Ekubeni ibinzana elithi “ngomnyaka wamakhulu omane anamanci asibhozo” libonisa ukuba lo mnyaka wokugqibela usaqhubeka, ngoko limela iminyaka epheleleyo engama-479.)

True or False: An ordinal number is a full number.
Yinyaniso okanye Bubuxoki: Inani ekuthiwa yiordinal linani elipheleleyo.

25 Thus it is that whenever ordinal numbers are used, we must always subtract one to get the full number.
25 Ngaloo ndlela oku kuthetha ukuba nanini na kusetyenziswa amanani aziiordinal, simele sithabathe isinye ukuze sifumane inani elipheleleyo.

In the previous study (paragraphs 24 and 25), we learned that there is a difference between cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers.
Kwisifundo esandulelayo (kwisiqendu 24 nesama-25), sifunde ukuba kukho umahluko phakathi kwamanani aziicardinal naziiordinal.

26 Now, since the Common Era did not begin with the year zero but began with 1 C.E., and the calendar for the years before the Common Era did not count back from a zero year but began with 1 B.C.E., the figure used for the year in any date is in reality an ordinal number.
26 Ngoku, ekubeni inkulungwane yeXesha Eliqhelekileyo ingazange iqalise ngonyaka ongunothi kodwa yaqalisa ngowoku-1 C.E., ibe ikhalenda yeminyaka engaphambi kweXesha Eliqhelekileyo ingazange iqalise ukubala kunyaka ongunothi kodwa yaqalisa kowoku-1 B.C.E., inani elisetyenziselwa unyaka wawo nawuphi na umhla eneneni liyiordinal.

Or if you want to figure what date would be 2,520 years after October 1, 607 B.C.E., remember that 607 is an ordinal number —it really represents 606 full years— and since we are counting, not from December 31, 607 B.C.E., but from October 1, 607 B.C.E., we must add to 606 the three months at the end of 607 B.C.E.
Okanye ukuba ufuna ukubala ukuba yayiya kungqamana nawuphi na umhla iminyaka engama-2 520 eyadlula emva ko-Oktobha 1, 607 B.C.E., khumbula ukuba owama-607 linani eliyiordinal—ngokwenene limela iminyaka engama-606 epheleleyo—ibe ekubeni sibala, kungekhona ukususela kuDisemba 31, 607 B.C.E., kodwa sisusela kuOktobha 1, 607 B.C.E., simele sidibanise kunyaka wama-606 iinyanga ezintathu ezisekupheleni kowama-607 B.C.E.

This also gave rise to the ordinal arrangement of numbers, such as first (1st), second (2nd), third (3rd), tenth (10th), and hundredth (100th).
Kwakhona oku kwavelisa ukulungelelaniswa kwamanani ekuthiwa ziiordinal, njengokuthi elokuqala (1st), elesibini (2nd), elesithathu (3rd), eleshumi (10th) nelekhulu (100th).

In a number of the cantons of Switzerland, peddling ordinances were applied to the distribution of literature by Jehovah’s Witnesses on a voluntary contribution.
Kumazwana aliqela eSwitzerland, imithetho elawula ukuthengisa yasetyenziswa ekusasazeni uncwadi okwenziwa ngamaNgqina kaYehova ngomnikelo wokuzithandela.

After learning of the Supreme Court decision, a number of U.S. municipal officials recognized that local ordinances could no longer be used to restrict the evangelizing work of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Emva kokuva isigqibo seNkundla Ephakamileyo, amagosa kamasipala aseUnited States aliqela aqonda ukuba akanako ukumisela imithetho ngenjongo yokuthintela umsebenzi wokushumayela wamaNgqina kaYehova.