Listen and repeat to the short and long forms of the
numbers.
Note: The table below shows long and short forms of the numbers 3-10
1-2 do
not have short forms. Also, 11 onwards do NOT have short
form numbers.
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Short forms do not occur in
MSA/Classical. |
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Long form...
Short form...
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تَلاتَةْ
63
talaata
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تَلَتْ
64
talat
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أرْبَعَةْ
65
‘rbaça
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أرْبَعْ
66
‘rbaç
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خَمْسَةْ
67
xamsa
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خَمَسْ
68
xam’s
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 Let's
do a close up:
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Example
#1 |
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تَلَتْ كُوَرْ
79
talat kuwaar
– three balls |
Only the number "one" has a
masculine
(waaḥid) and feminine
(waḥda)
form.
The
number one occurs after the noun (unlike all the other
numbers) and it can also not be used at all.
It can be implied.
Bint
waḥda
= bint =
one girl
Let's
do a close up:
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Example
#2 |
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بِنْتٌ واحِدَةٌ
بِنْتْ واحْدَةْ
80
bint waḥda
– one girl |
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وَلَدٌ
واحِدٌ
وَلَدْ واحِدْ
81
walad waaḥid
–
one boy
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As for the number “two”
(dual form) add the ending
“iin”
for Colloquial/spoken Arabic!
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For the dual form in MSA/Classical
Arabic add the ending
"aan." |
Let's
do a close up:
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Example #3
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بِنْتانٌ
بِنْتينْ
82
bintiin
– two girls
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وَلَدانٌ
ولدينْ
83
waladiin
– two boys |
In Colloquial/spoken Arabic for “11 onwards” use
only the long form of the numbers.
Recall:
There are only long forms of numbers in MSA/Classical Arabic.
Funny enough, singular nouns are required, after the
number 11, for proper
agreement.
Let's
do a close up:
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Example #4
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أحَدَ عَشَرَ
وَلَدا
حِداشَرْ وَلَدْ
84
ḥiḍaaŝr
walad
- eleven boys |
Walad is singular even though there are
eleven of them!
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