How do you say 'third' in Swahili?

Answer 1

Third = -a tatu

Ordinal numbers are formed in this way: noun plus _-afollowed by the appropriate cardinal number (the -a takes different prefixes depending on the class of the noun).

The first two use special ordinal numbers rather than standard cardinal nos.:

First man: Mtu wa Kwanza (not wa moja)

Second book: Kitabu cha pili (not cha mbili)

then:

Third house: Nyumba ya tatu

Fourth car: Gari la nne

Fifth tree: Mti wa tano

Sixth place: Mahali pa sita

Seventh cloud: Wingu la saba

Eighth plate: Sahani ya nane

Ninth bed: Kitanda cha tisa

Tenth child: Mtoto wa kumi

etc. (or, in Swahili, n.k., na kadhalika, meaning "and similar things, exactly as the Latin et cetera")

Answer 2

The word for "third" in Swahili is "ya tatu."