nineteen
part of speech
number (nineteen)
meaning for a pupil
1) Nineteen is the number 19. It is ten and nine, one less than twenty. tree →
2) Nineteen can be an age: a person who is nineteen is in their late teens. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a count written in words; 19 is a prime number (only 1 and 19 divide it). In everyday life: ages, prices, scores, page and bus numbers. In stories: «nineteen to the dozen» (UK) means talking very fast.
examples
- There are nineteen students in the class. tree →
- He read nineteen pages. tree →
- Nineteen cars are in the lot. tree →
- Nineteen plus one is twenty. tree →
- My cousin is nineteen and goes to college. tree →
- The bus number nineteen goes to the beach. tree →
- Nineteen is a prime number. tree →
- She talked nineteen to the dozen all the way home. tree →
- She was now seventeen, and he nineteen years old. tree →
note
A number written in words; read it as 19. Trap: do not confuse nineteen (19) with ninety (90): «-teen» means plus ten, «-ty» means tens. 19 is odd and prime. «Nineteen to the dozen» is a saying, not a sum.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «nineteen» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.