Example of Partitive Adjectives

The partitive adjectives also known as dividers, are those that consist of a quantifier and a noun or pronoun that takes before the preposition of or of.

The partitive adjectives belong to a classification of numeral adjectives and are those that indicate the parts into which an object can be divided or a set.

Examples of partitive adjectives:

• 1/2 - a half, half, half.
• 1/3 - a third and its feminine.
• 1/4 - a quarter and its feminine.

From fourth to tenth, the partitives coincide with the ordinals.

• 1/5 - a fifth and a fifth.
• 1/6 - a sixth or sixth and a sixth.
• 1/7 - a seventh and a seventh.
• 1/8 - one eighth and one eighth.
• 1/9 - a ninth and a ninth.
• 1/10 - one tenth and one tenth.
• 1/11 - one eleventh, one eleventh, eleventh, eleventh.

From eleven they are formed with the cardinal plus the suffix "avo".

• 1/12 - a twelfth, a twelfth, a twelfth, a twelfth, a twelfth, a twelfth, a twelfth.
• 1/13 - a thirteenth, a thirteenth, a thirteenth, a thirteenth, a thirteenth.
• 1/14 - a fourteenth, a fourteenth, a fourteenth, a fourteenth, a fourteenth.
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• 1/15 - one fifteenth, one fifteenth, one fifteenth, one fifteenth.
• 1/16 - one sixteenth, one sixteenth, one sixteenth, one sixteenth.
• 1/17 - a seventeenth, a seventeenth, a seventeenth, a seventeenth.
• 1/18 - 18th, 18th, 18th, 18th.
• 1/19 - a nineteenth, a nineteenth, a nineteenth, a nineteenth, a nineteenth, nineteenth.
• 1/20 - one twentieth, twentieth, twentieth.

From the twentieth, the ordinal accompanied by the noun plus "part" can also be adopted as partitives for the adjective function, for example: one twentieth or one twentieth part.

• 1/22 - one twenty-second, one twenty-second, one twenty-second, one twenty-second.
• 1/30 - one thirtieth, thirtieth, one thirtieth.
• 1/40 - one fortieth, fortieth, fortieth.
• 1/50 - one fiftieth.
• 1/60 - one sixtieth, sixtieth and sixtieth.
• 1/70 - one seventieth, seventieth and seventieth.
• 1/80 - one eightieth, eightieth and eightieth.
• 1/90 - one ninety, ninetieth, ninetieth.
• 1/100 - a penny, a penny, a hundredth, a hundredth.
• 1/200 - two hundredth and two hundredth.
• 1/300 - three hundred and three hundred.
• 1/400 - Forty-hundredth and Forty-hundredth.

From one thousand the ordinal thousandth is more frequent 

• 1 / 10,000 ten thousandth 
• 1 / 100,000 hundred thousandth 
• 1 / 1,000,000 millionth 

Examples of the use of partitive adjectives:

• A third of the grasslands were burned.
• The eighteenth part of the population is over 21 years of age.
• Rosita donated a fifth of hers to poor children.
• Federico will buy 2 sheep for his father's fiftieth wedding anniversary.
• This car is no longer worth a penny of what it cost 30 years ago.

Other types of adjectives:

• Adjectives
• Adjectives
• Demonstrative adjectives
• Explanatory adjectives
• Gentile adjectives
• Undefined adjectives
• Numeral adjectives
• Partitive adjectives
• Possessive adjectives
• Pronominal adjectives
• Substantiated adjectives