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