sesenta y uno

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The adjective “sesenta y un” is used instead of “sesenta y uno” before masculine nouns and “sesenta y una” is used before feminine nouns.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. sixty-one (cardinal)
No puedo creer que solo obtuve sesenta y un puntos en la prueba.I can't believe I only got sixty-one points on the test.
b. sixty-first (ordinal)
Hoy se celebra el sesenta y un aniversario de la lucha por la independencia.Today is the sixty-first anniversary of the fight for independence.
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun
a. sixty-one
El sesenta y uno y el sesenta y tres son números impares.Sixty-one and sixty-three are odd numbers.
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