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Ordinals
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Attributive ordinals end in schwa. They neither bear nor trigger agreement.

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Ordinals, when used attributively, always end in a schwa. Agreement on the adjective following the numeral does not depend on the numeral, but on the preceding quantifier.

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a. In twadde grut iepenloftprojekt
a second big.NG open.air.project.NG
A second big open air project
b. In twadde grutt-e iepenloftfoarstelling
a second big.CG open.air.production.CG
A second big open air production
c. Twadde grutt-e iepenloftprojekt-en
second big.PL open.air.projects.PL
Second big open air projects

The examples make it clear that ordinals do not bear agreement, nor do they trigger it.

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