Am I correct about the Romanian ordinal number for "un bilion"?

Question

I think that the ordinal number for "un bilion" in Romanian is "al un bilionulea(mascline)" and "a o bilioana(feminine)".

Am I correct?

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Soph, if you were reading the message I left for you on your last posted question, you'd had your answer already... all what you have to do is to use the same term, switching only the numeral...

Answer 2

It's "Al un bilionulea" and "A bilioana".

But you should be careful when using "bilion".

There is a lot of controversy about its meaning, some take it as "1.000.000.000" (equivalent of Amer. Engl. "billion" - used in "short scale" countries) and some as 1.000.000.000.000 (equivalent of French "billion", used in "long scale" countries)

For the difference between the long and short scale numeric systems, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_sh... .

We tend to use the long scale more here in Romania, so if you want to say "a billion" (a thousand millions), you're better off saying "un miliard" / "al un miliardulea" / "a miliarda"

I'm really sorry if I sounded like a snob (if you already knew this), I just wanted to be helpful 'cause I know mastering a foreign language is difficult.

Answer 3

Yes, you are correct for the first one.

The second one is a bilioana, without o.

A suta , A mia, a bilioana.

Answer 4

no, its like this

un bilionar

o bilionara