🇬🇧 Listen & Repeat (English)
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The number 9. It comes after eight and before ten.
Ordinal: ninth (the 'e' is dropped: nine → ninth). Common collocations: nine-to-five (working hours), dressed to the nines (dressed very smartly), a stitch in time saves nine (proactive action prevents bigger problems).
'Dressed to the nines' means dressed very elegantly and smartly. 'A stitch in time saves nine' is a proverb meaning that fixing a small problem early prevents it from becoming a bigger one. A cat is said to have nine lives in English folklore.
Example Sentences
"There are nine toy men."
🇿🇦 "Daar is nege speelgoedmannetjies."
"There are nine wine bottles on the table."
🇿🇦 "Daar is nege wynbottels op die tafel."
Practice Quiz
1. The ordinal form of 'nine' is:
2. Cats are said to have ___ lives.