Help Newbie Please

[JJG]

With 'if' statements i can get to work.. the book I'm reading want me to use 'if','elif' and 'else' chain and thats where i run into problems. Thanks again

ord_nums = ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9']
if ord_nums < '2':
    print str(ord_nums[0]) + 'st'
    if ord_nums < '3':
        print str(ord_nums[1]) + 'nd'
    if ord_nums < '4':
        print str(ord_nums[2]) + 'rd'
    if ord_nums < '5':
        print str(ord_nums[3]) + 'th'
    if ord_nums < '6':
        print str(ord_nums[4]) + 'th'