Lesson 39 - Learn Numbers 11-19 in Spoken Arabic

Question 1

iḥda3š

Answer 1

eleven

Question 2

iṭna3š

Answer 2

twelve

Question 3

talatṭa3š

Answer 3

thirteen

Question 4

arba3ṭa3š

Answer 4

fourteen

Question 5

ḫamisṭa3š

Answer 5

fifteen

Question 6

sittṭa3š

Answer 6

sixteen

Question 7

saba3ṭa3š

Answer 7

seventeen

Question 8

tamanṭa3š

Answer 8

eighteen

Question 9

tisa3ṭa3š

Answer 9

nineteen

Question 10

rule for 1 - use number + singular noun (wāḥad or waḥde + noun)

rule for 2 - use dual form of the noun

rule for 3-10 - use the masculine number (drop a or e from ending of the femine form) + the plural noun

rule for 11 through 19: number + ar + singular noun

rule for 20 and up number + singular noun

Question 11

iḥda3šar bint
iḥda3šar binɪt

Answer 11

11 girls

Question 12

iṭna3šar yōm

Answer 12

12 days

Question 13

talatṭa3šar sane

Answer 13

13 years

Question 14

arba3ṭa3šar usbū3

Answer 14

14 weeks

Question 15

ḫamisṭa3šar šaher

Answer 15

15 months

Question 16

sittṭa3šar mara

Answer 16

16 women

Question 17

saba3ṭa3šar marra
remember to roll the “r” in marra

Answer 17

17 times

Question 18

tamanṭa3šar dars

Answer 18

18 lessons

Question 19

tisa3ṭa3šar balad

Answer 19

19 countries
balad - also means city or town

Question 20

yōm
yomēn (2 days)
ṭiyyām (3-10 days) (use if a number precedes yōm)
ayyām (pl) If start sentence with “days”

Answer 20

day

Question 21

usbū3
asabī3 (pl)

Answer 21

week

Question 22

šaher
šahrēn (2 months)
ṭušur (3-10 months) (use if a number precedes šaher)
ašhur (pl) used at the beginning of the sentences for months

Answer 22

month

Question 23

sane
snīn (pl)

Answer 23

year

Question 24

marra
marrāt (pl)

Answer 24

times
remember to roll the “r”

Question 25

marrāt
when not preceded by a number

Answer 25

used by itself, it means
sometimes

Question 26

eleven

Answer 26

iḥda3š

Question 27

twelve

Answer 27

iṭna3š

Question 28

thirteen

Answer 28

talatṭa3š

Question 29

fourteen

Answer 29

arba3ṭa3š

Question 30

fifteen

Answer 30

ḫamisṭa3š
or
ḫamasṭa3š

Question 31

sixteen

Answer 31

sittṭa3š

Question 32

seventeen

Answer 32

saba3ṭa3š

Question 33

eighteen

Answer 33

tamanṭa3š

Question 34

nineteen

Answer 34

tisa3ṭa3š

Question 35

11 girls

Answer 35

iḥda3šar bint
iḥda3šar binɪt

Question 36

12 days

Answer 36

iṭna3šar yōm

Question 37

13 years

Answer 37

talatṭa3šar sane

Question 38

14 weeks

Answer 38

arba3ṭa3šar usbū3

Question 39

15 months

Answer 39

ḫamisṭa3šar šaher

Question 40

16 women

Answer 40

sitṭa3šar mara

Question 41

17 times

Answer 41

saba3ṭa3šar marra
remember to roll the “r” in marra

Question 42

18 lessons

Answer 42

tamanṭa3šar dars

Question 43

19 countries

Answer 43

tisa3ṭa3šar balad

Question 44

day

Answer 44

yōm
yomēn (2 days)
ṭiyyām (3-10 days) (use if a number precedes yōm)
ayyām (pl) If start sentence with “days”

Question 45

week

Answer 45

usbū3
asabī3 (pl)

Question 46

month

Answer 46

šaher
šahrēn (2 months)
ṭušur (3-10 months) (use if a number precedes šaher)
ašhur (pl) If start sentence with “months”

Question 47

year

Answer 47

sane
snīn (pl)

Question 48

times

Answer 48

marra
marrāt (pl)

Question 49

used by itself, it means
sometimes

Answer 49

marrāt
when not preceded by a number