No. 112 in Swedish
tio
The Swedish word "tio" means "ten" in English.
In a sentence
Jag har tio äpplen i korgen.
I have ten apples in the basket.
In this sentence, 'tio' is used as a cardinal number to indicate the quantity of apples.
Tio minuter kvar tills filmen börjar.
Ten minutes left until the movie starts.
Here, 'tio' again represents a quantity, specifically the time remaining, as a cardinal number.
Nummer tio är ledigt.
Number ten is vacant.
In this instance, 'tio' is used to refer to the tenth position, representing an ordinal concept implicitly.
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