Nous devons utiliser une tierce personne comme témoin.

Bill A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nous devons utiliser une tierce personne comme témoin.

Bonjour - i'm confused as to why this is tierce instead of troisième. The lesson stated that tierce is used for fractions or portions and troisième is used for rank or order. A third party witness sounds like a ranking/ordering to me, and not a fraction or portion.

Would appreciate clarification.

Merci

This question relates to:French lesson "Ordinal vs Cardinal numbers - Differences between French and English usages"

Asked 6 years ago

CécileNative French expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hi Bill,

If you look at my answer to Robin, it might clarify things for you....

Like06 years ago

Bill A. asked:

Nous devons utiliser une tierce personne comme témoin.

Bonjour - i'm confused as to why this is tierce instead of troisième. The lesson stated that tierce is used for fractions or portions and troisième is used for rank or order. A third party witness sounds like a ranking/ordering to me, and not a fraction or portion.

Would appreciate clarification.

Merci

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