NUMERALELE CARDINALE

a) Numeralele cardinale reprezentand numerele intre 13 si 19 se termina in sufixul -teen: 13 thirteen ; 14 fourteen ; 15 fifteen ; 16 sixteen ; 17 seventeen ; 18 eighteen ; 19 nineteen b) Numeralele cardinale reprezentand zecile intre 20 si 90 se termina in sufixul -ty: 30 thirty ; 40 fourty ; 50 fifty c) Intre zeci si unitati se pun liniute de unire: 68 sixty-eight ; 23 twenty-three d) Dupa sute, cand acestea sunt urmate de zeci sau unitati, se pune conjunctia and: 105 one hundred and five ; 738 seven hundred and thirty-eight ; 217 two hundred and seventeen e) Numeralele hundred, thousand si million nu primesc terminatia -s cand sunt precedate de alte numerale: 300 three hundred ; 5,000 five thousand (fifty hundred) ; 2,000,000 two million Nota: Aceste numerale (inclusiv ten) cand sunt folosite nedeterminat devin substantive si primesc terminatia -s: Thousands and thousands of young people practise sports. (Mii si mii de tineri fac sport.) There are hundreds of old trees in the park. (Sunt sute de copaci batrani in parc.)

f) Grupele de trei cifre reprezentand sute, mii, milioane etc. se despart prin virgula: 6,000 six thousand ; 1,000,000 one million In schimb, zecimalele se despart prin punct: 1.5 one point five ; 8.56 eight point fifty-six sau eight point five six ; 0.4(.4) (ou) point four g) Numeralul a (one) billion are sensul de un trilion in Anglia si un miliard in S.U.A. h) Anii se citesc in grupe de doua cifre: 1968 nineteen sixty-eight sau nineteen hundred and sixty-eight i) Numerele de telefon se citesc pronuntandu-se fiecare cifra: 163809 one-six-three-eight-o(ou)-nine j) Numeralul cardinal se foloseste cand se indica numarul unei case, al unui tramvai, al lectiei etc. si el urmeaza substantivului respectiv: no.12-number twelve ; tram 5-tram five ; lesson 2-lesson two