diff --git a/cmd/mavend/actions_task.go b/cmd/mavend/actions_task.go
index 99187f0..024cb46 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/actions_task.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/actions_task.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"log"
 
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/dialogue"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
@@ -70,7 +71,16 @@ func (h *reactiveHandler) queryTasks(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string,
 		log.Printf("voice: list tasks: %v", err)
 		return "не получилось посмотреть задачи.", true
 	}
-	return tasks.FormatRU(tasks.Rank(taskItems(live), h.now())), true
+	ranked := tasks.Rank(taskItems(live), h.now())
+	// Bind what she is about to say, in the order she says it, so "второй"
+	// means the second task he heard (ordinal.go).
+	spoken := tasks.Spoken(ranked)
+	cands := make([]dialogue.Candidate, 0, len(spoken))
+	for _, r := range spoken {
+		cands = append(cands, dialogue.Candidate{Kind: "task", Ref: r.ID, Label: r.Text})
+	}
+	h.offerCandidates(cands)
+	return tasks.FormatRU(ranked), true
 }
 
 // taskItems maps wire rows onto the ranker's input. Written here rather than in
diff --git a/cmd/mavend/ordinal.go b/cmd/mavend/ordinal.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b2cf61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mavend/ordinal.go
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/dialogue"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+// Ordinal selection over a list she just read (Vikunja #448).
+//
+// The dialogue session already carried the intent, the slots and the history.
+// What it did not carry was the list: she recited five tasks, he said "второй",
+// and there was nothing for that word to point at, so it routed as a fresh
+// utterance and meant nothing.
+//
+// Candidates are bound when she speaks the list, in the order she spoke it (see
+// tasks.Spoken). Binding afterwards would resolve "второй" against a fresh
+// query, and the list can change between two turns.
+//
+// An ordinal with no verb is read back, not acted on: "второй" names a task, it
+// does not say what to do with it. Acting on the bare word would guess, and a
+// wrong guess here closes work he never finished.
+
+// candidateOrdinals — the words that pick a position, by index. Prefix match,
+// because Russian declines them: "первый", "первую", "первое".
+var candidateOrdinals = []struct {
+	word string
+	nth  int
+}{
+	{"перв", 1}, {"втор", 2}, {"трет", 3}, {"четв", 4}, {"пят", 5},
+	{"first", 1}, {"second", 2}, {"third", 3},
+}
+
+// candidateDigits — "второй" said as a number. Matched whole, never by prefix:
+// "15" starts with "1" and is a time, not a position.
+var candidateDigits = map[string]int{"1": 1, "2": 2, "3": 3, "4": 4, "5": 5}
+
+// candidateLast — "последний" picks the end of the list whatever its length.
+var candidateLast = []string{"последн", "last"}
+
+// parseOrdinal reads which position he named. 0 and false when he named none.
+// A negative result means the last one.
+func parseOrdinal(text string) (int, bool) {
+	// Token by token, not substring: " 1" would otherwise match inside
+	// "напомни в 15:00" and turn a reminder into a selection.
+	for _, tok := range strings.FieldsFunc(strings.ToLower(text), func(r rune) bool {
+		return !unicode.IsLetter(r) && !unicode.IsDigit(r)
+	}) {
+		for _, w := range candidateLast {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(tok, w) {
+				return -1, true
+			}
+		}
+		if n, ok := candidateDigits[tok]; ok {
+			return n, true
+		}
+		for _, o := range candidateOrdinals {
+			// Prefix, because Russian declines them: "первый", "первую".
+			if strings.HasPrefix(tok, o.word) {
+				return o.nth, true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return 0, false
+}
+
+// candidateVerbs — what he wants done with the one he picked. Nothing here is
+// destructive: a task moves forward or is dropped, and both are recorded with a
+// provenance the /tasks page shows.
+var candidateVerbs = []struct {
+	words  []string
+	status string
+	say    string
+}{
+	{[]string{"готов", "сделал", "выполнил", "закрыл", "done"}, store.TaskDone, "закрыла"},
+	{[]string{"не надо", "убери", "отмени", "не буду", "drop"}, store.TaskDropped, "убрала"},
+	{[]string{"подтвержда", "беру", "да,", "буду делать"}, store.TaskOpen, "взяла в работу"},
+}
+
+func parseCandidateVerb(text string) (status, say string, ok bool) {
+	s := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(text))
+	for _, v := range candidateVerbs {
+		for _, w := range v.words {
+			if strings.Contains(s, w) {
+				return v.status, v.say, true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return "", "", false
+}
+
+// offerCandidates records the list she just read, so his next words can pick
+// from it. Best effort: no session store, or a session that expired between the
+// question and the answer, means the words route normally.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) offerCandidates(cands []dialogue.Candidate) {
+	if h.dialogueSessions == nil || len(cands) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	h.dialogueSessions.SetCandidates(voiceDialogueID, h.now(), cands)
+}
+
+// resolveCandidate handles "второй", "первую сделал", "последнюю убери" against
+// the list she just read.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) resolveCandidate(ctx context.Context, text string) (string, bool) {
+	if h.dialogueSessions == nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	sess := h.dialogueSessions.Get(voiceDialogueID, h.now())
+	if sess == nil || len(sess.Candidates) == 0 {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	nth, ok := parseOrdinal(text)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	if nth < 0 {
+		nth = len(sess.Candidates)
+	}
+	if nth > len(sess.Candidates) {
+		// Claim the turn: he is picking from her list and named a position she
+		// did not read. Routing it fresh would answer something else entirely.
+		return fmt.Sprintf("я назвала только %d.", len(sess.Candidates)), true
+	}
+	pick := sess.Candidates[nth-1]
+	status, say, hasVerb := parseCandidateVerb(text)
+	if !hasVerb || pick.Kind != "task" {
+		// Read it back and keep the list: naming one is often the first half of
+		// a sentence, and the second half is the next turn.
+		return pick.Label, true
+	}
+	if err := h.api.SetTaskStatus(ctx, pick.Ref, status, h.now(), "tap:voice"); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: candidate %d → %s: %v", pick.Ref, status, err)
+		return "не получилось изменить задачу.", true
+	}
+	// Spent: the list she read is no longer the list, and a second ordinal
+	// against it would close the wrong task.
+	h.dialogueSessions.SetCandidates(voiceDialogueID, h.now(), nil)
+	log.Printf("voice: candidate %d (%q) → %s", pick.Ref, pick.Label, status)
+	return say + ": " + pick.Label, true
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mavend/ordinal_test.go b/cmd/mavend/ordinal_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf63bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mavend/ordinal_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/dialogue"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+func TestParseOrdinalReadsThePosition(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		text string
+		want int
+		ok   bool
+	}{
+		{"второй", 2, true},
+		{"вторую сделал", 2, true},
+		{"первую убери", 1, true},
+		{"последнюю не надо", -1, true},
+		{"3", 3, true},
+		{"the second one", 2, true},
+		// No position named.
+		{"какие у меня задачи", 0, false},
+		{"", 0, false},
+		// A digit inside a time is not a position.
+		{"напомни в 15:00", 0, false},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		got, ok := parseOrdinal(c.text)
+		if ok != c.ok || (ok && got != c.want) {
+			t.Errorf("parseOrdinal(%q) = %d,%v; want %d,%v", c.text, got, ok, c.want, c.ok)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestOrdinalPassesWithNothingOffered(t *testing.T) {
+	h, _, _ := newClarifyHandler(t)
+	if _, handled := h.resolveCandidate(context.Background(), "второй"); handled {
+		t.Error("an ordinal with no list behind it was claimed")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestOrdinalReadsBackWithoutAVerb(t *testing.T) {
+	h, st, _ := newClarifyHandler(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	ids := seedTasks(t, st, "купить хлеб", "позвонить маме")
+	putCandidates(h, ids, "купить хлеб", "позвонить маме")
+
+	reply, handled := h.resolveCandidate(ctx, "второй")
+	if !handled || !strings.Contains(reply, "позвонить маме") {
+		t.Fatalf("a bare ordinal did not read the task back: %q handled=%v", reply, handled)
+	}
+	// Still live: naming one is often the first half of a sentence.
+	if _, handled := h.resolveCandidate(ctx, "первый"); !handled {
+		t.Error("the list was spent by a read-back")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestOrdinalWithAVerbMovesTheTask(t *testing.T) {
+	h, st, _ := newClarifyHandler(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	ids := seedTasks(t, st, "купить хлеб", "позвонить маме")
+	putCandidates(h, ids, "купить хлеб", "позвонить маме")
+
+	reply, handled := h.resolveCandidate(ctx, "первую сделал")
+	if !handled || !strings.Contains(reply, "купить хлеб") {
+		t.Fatalf("the pick was not acted on: %q handled=%v", reply, handled)
+	}
+	live, err := st.ListTasks(ctx, "live")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list tasks: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, task := range live {
+		if task.ID == ids[0] {
+			t.Fatalf("task %d is still live after he closed it", task.ID)
+		}
+	}
+	// Spent: a second ordinal against a list that no longer holds would close
+	// the wrong task.
+	if _, handled := h.resolveCandidate(ctx, "второй"); handled {
+		t.Error("the list survived the pick it was spent on")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestOrdinalPastTheEndSaysHowMany(t *testing.T) {
+	h, st, _ := newClarifyHandler(t)
+	ids := seedTasks(t, st, "купить хлеб")
+	putCandidates(h, ids, "купить хлеб")
+
+	reply, handled := h.resolveCandidate(context.Background(), "третий")
+	if !handled || !strings.Contains(reply, "1") {
+		t.Fatalf("a position she never read was not answered: %q handled=%v", reply, handled)
+	}
+}
+
+// ordinalNow — a fixed capture time; the ranker only needs the rows to exist.
+var ordinalNow = time.Date(2026, 8, 4, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+
+func seedTasks(t *testing.T, st *store.Store, texts ...string) []int64 {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	var ids []int64
+	for _, text := range texts {
+		res, err := st.CaptureTask(ctx, store.Task{
+			Text:      text,
+			Source:    "tap:voice",
+			Status:    store.TaskOpen,
+			CreatedTs: ordinalNow,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("capture task: %v", err)
+		}
+		ids = append(ids, res.ID)
+	}
+	return ids
+}
+
+func putCandidates(h *reactiveHandler, ids []int64, labels ...string) {
+	cands := make([]dialogue.Candidate, 0, len(ids))
+	for i, id := range ids {
+		cands = append(cands, dialogue.Candidate{Kind: "task", Ref: id, Label: labels[i]})
+	}
+	h.dialogueSessions.Put(voiceDialogueID, &dialogue.Session{Timestamp: h.now()})
+	h.offerCandidates(cands)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mavend/voice.go b/cmd/mavend/voice.go
index a13dc6f..cf97920 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/voice.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/voice.go
@@ -308,6 +308,14 @@ func (h *reactiveHandler) runTurn(ctx context.Context, text string, src turnSour
 		return withNotice(expiredNotice, reply)
 	}
 
+	// 4e. ordinal selection — "второй", "первую сделал" pick from the list she
+	// just read (ordinal.go). Before routing, and only when a list is actually
+	// bound to the session: with nothing offered, "второй" is an ordinary word
+	// and keeps routing.
+	if reply, handled := h.resolveCandidate(ctx, text); handled {
+		return withNotice(expiredNotice, reply)
+	}
+
 	// 5. route. An elliptical follow-up — "а завтра?" — is answered from the
 	// previous turn instead (continuation.go): the intent is the part it is
 	// missing, so no amount of routing recovers it, and the model's guess
diff --git a/docs/design.md b/docs/design.md
index 95e441f..858feea 100644
--- a/docs/design.md
+++ b/docs/design.md
@@ -223,6 +223,24 @@ Not alternatives — layers:
 Router contract: `[{"intent":<enum>, key?, value?, text?, verb?}, ...]` over
 7 intents (`fact, reminder, note, query, act, chat, system`).
 
+#### "второй" points at the list she just read
+
+Landed 2026-08-04 (Vikunja #448). The dialogue session carried the intent, the
+slots and the history, and not the list. She recited five tasks, he said
+"второй", and the word had nothing to point at.
+
+`Session.Candidates` holds what she just offered, bound at the moment she speaks
+it and in the order she speaks it (`tasks.Spoken`). Binding afterwards would
+resolve the word against a fresh query, and the list changes between two turns.
+`cmd/mavend/ordinal.go` reads the position before routing and dispatches on the
+candidate's kind.
+
+An ordinal with no verb is read back, not acted on — "второй" names a task, it
+does not say what to do with it. With a verb ("первую сделал", "последнюю
+убери") the task moves and the list is spent, because a second ordinal against a
+list that no longer holds closes the wrong work. A position she never read is
+answered with how many she did read, not routed as a fresh sentence.
+
 #### Saying she got it wrong is a feature
 
 Landed 2026-08-04 (Vikunja #455). `Router.CorrectMisroute` could always append a
diff --git a/internal/dialogue/session.go b/internal/dialogue/session.go
index d7203f3..d71cbf1 100644
--- a/internal/dialogue/session.go
+++ b/internal/dialogue/session.go
@@ -42,12 +42,27 @@ type Turn struct {
 	Text   string // raw utterance
 }
 
+// Candidate — one item she just read out loud, kept so his next words can
+// pick it ("второй", "первую сделал"). Vikunja #448.
+//
+// Bound at the moment she speaks the list, not resolved afterwards: the list
+// can change between two turns, and "второй" means the second thing she said,
+// not the second row of a fresh query.
+type Candidate struct {
+	Kind  string // what it is, e.g. "task" — the resolver dispatches on this
+	Ref   int64  // the row it points at
+	Label string // what she called it, so she can repeat it back
+}
+
 type Session struct {
 	Intent    Intent
 	Slots     Slots
 	Timestamp time.Time
 	TTL       time.Duration
 	History   []Turn // most recent turns, newest last; used for anaphora + cross-intent
+	// Candidates — the list she just offered, in the order she said it. Empty
+	// on every turn that offered no choice, which is most of them.
+	Candidates []Candidate
 }
 
 func (s *Session) IsExpired(now time.Time) bool {
@@ -143,6 +158,26 @@ func (s *SessionStore) Put(id string, sess *Session) {
 	s.save(id, sess)
 }
 
+// SetCandidates attaches a just-spoken list to the live session.
+//
+// In place rather than through Put, because the turn was already remembered by
+// the time the answer was built: replacing the session here would drop the
+// slots the next follow-up inherits. No session, no candidates — a choice with
+// no turn behind it has nothing to be a choice about.
+func (s *SessionStore) SetCandidates(id string, now time.Time, cands []Candidate) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	sess, ok := s.sessions[id]
+	if ok && !sess.IsExpired(now) {
+		sess.Candidates = cands
+	} else {
+		ok = false
+	}
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+	if ok {
+		s.save(id, sess)
+	}
+}
+
 func (s *SessionStore) Delete(id string) {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	delete(s.sessions, id)
diff --git a/internal/tasks/rank.go b/internal/tasks/rank.go
index e2f88fd..d3fe75e 100644
--- a/internal/tasks/rank.go
+++ b/internal/tasks/rank.go
@@ -268,3 +268,26 @@ func pluralTasksRU(n int) string {
 	}
 	return "задач"
 }
+
+// Spoken — the tasks FormatRU actually named, in the order it named them
+// (Vikunja #448). "второй" has to mean the second thing she said, so the list
+// an ordinal resolves against is built here and not by a caller guessing how
+// the renderer split and truncated it.
+func Spoken(ranked []Ranked) []Ranked {
+	var open, cands []Ranked
+	for _, r := range ranked {
+		if r.Status == StatusCandidate {
+			cands = append(cands, r)
+		} else {
+			open = append(open, r)
+		}
+	}
+	out := make([]Ranked, 0, 2*SpokenLimit)
+	for _, group := range [][]Ranked{open, cands} {
+		if len(group) > SpokenLimit {
+			group = group[:SpokenLimit]
+		}
+		out = append(out, group...)
+	}
+	return out
+}