› Vocabulary › Numbers, Dates, Time Numbers, Dates, Time Cardinal Numbers Cardinal numbers (basic numbers) are simple in Esperantop. Just learn the numbers 1-10 and you will already be able to count to 99. Example:1 – unu2 – du3 – tri Ordinal Numbers For ordinal numbers, we simply add an -a to the cardinal number. Example:la unua filola dua etaĝola tria provo Fractions Fractions indicate partial amounts. We often encounter them in recipes. Example:½ litro da lakto¾ kg da faruno Time There are a few ways to tell the time in Esperanto. Example:7:45 → la sepa kaj kvardek kvin minutoj→ kvarono antaŭ la oka→ dek kvin minutoj antaŭ la oka Date We write the date with slashes in Esperanto. We say the date with an ordinal number and the name of the month. Example:15/07/1996 → la 15a de julio 199630/11/2014 → la 30a de novembro 2014
