Numbers and Time Flashcards
One (feminine)
wHda
وحدة
What makes the number one grammatically different from all other numbers?
It is the only number that can act as an adjective; one comes after a noun and therefore must agree in gender
When is one used as an indefinite article?
When its masculine form/waHd is placed before the noun
What form does the number two take in compound numbers? (except 102)
tnayn
تنين
Important time nouns that take a dual form
yum (يوم), shr (شهر), عam (عام)
Eleven
Hdash
حضاش
Twelve
tnash
طناش
Thirteen
tltash
تلطاش
Fourteen
rbعtash
ربعطاش
Fifteen
xmstash
خمسطاش
Sixteen
sttash
سطاش
Seventeen
sbعtash
سبعطاش
Eighteen
tmntash
تمنطاش
Nineteen
tsعtash
تسعطاش
When are plural nouns used with numbers?
Only with numbers 2-10, numbers 1 and 11+ are paired with singular nouns; same goes for courting hundreds and thousands
Billion
mlyar
مليار
Ordinal Number Agreement Rule
Ordinal numbers act like adjectives, so they must agree in gender and number
First
al-luwl
اللول
Second
al-teni
التاني
Third
al-talt
التالت
Fourth
al-rabع
الرابع
Fifth
al-xams
الجامس
Sixth
al-sat/al-sads
السات, السادس
Seventh
al-sabع
السابع
Eighth
al-tamn
التامن
Ninth
al-tasع
التاسع
Tenth
al-عashr
العاشر
Eleventh
al-Hdash
الحاضش
Twelfth
al-tansh
الطانش
Half
ns
نض
Third
tulut
تلت
Fourth
rubuع/rbع
رُبُع, ربع
How to express time
hadi + number with definite article
One (time)
al-wHda
الوحدة
Before (used it telling time)
ql
قل
Exactly
nishan
نيشان
Quarter (used in telling time)
rbع
ربع
Twenty minutes
tulut
تُلُت
Quarter to
lla rob
لا رُب
Five minutes
qsm
قصم
Ten minutes
qsmayn
قصمين
What time is it?
shHal hadi f saعa?
شحال هدي ف الساعة؟
PM
f عshiya
ف العشية