一般情况下,序数词是在基数词后加-th,但有几种特殊情况,可按下面规律来记:1、2、3单独记(即first, second,third),8后少t,9少e(即:eighth, ninth),5、12变ve为fth(即fifth,twelfth),整十位数变y为ie再加th(如twentieth),二位以上只将个数变序数词(如thirty-second) 。例如:
October 31(October 31st)读作October(the)thirty-first
August 26(August 26th)读作August(the)twenty-sixth