Counting in Arabic (1-100)

‫العد باللغة العربية‬

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Maheen Ali Ahmed (BSP211020)

Noreen Rafiq (BSP211007)

Eisha Islam (BSP211064)

Qadar Jan Agha (BSP211035)

Maryam Zahra (BSP211024)

Eman Khurshid (BSP211036)

Introduction:
Arabic is spoken in many countries of the world. It is very vast and broad language. Due its broadness
and vastness, it is not easy to learn it directly from the sentences and grammar. You need to learn the
Counting in Arabic also. Following is an easy way to learn counting in Arabic.

Rules for numbers 1 and 2

The numbers 1 and 2 always match the gender of the noun they qualify. That is, their form is
masculine with masculine nouns and feminine with feminine nouns. These are ‫ َو اِح د‬/‫ ِاثَْنان‬with
masculine nouns and ‫ اِثْنَتَان‬/ ‫ َو اِح دَة‬with feminine nouns, as in these examples:

‫ | يو م َو اِح د‬one day

‫ | ُح جَر ة َو اِح َد ُة‬one room

‫ | َج اَء َعاِلَم ان اِثْنَان‬Two scientists came

‫ | قََر أُت ِر َس اَلتَيِن اِثْنَتَين‬I read two letters
Remember: The numbers 1 and 2 in Arabic follow the noun they modify and agree with it in case and
gender.

Rules for numbers 3-9

For numbers 3-9, we use plural nouns, disagreeing with the gender of the noun, Nouns that follow
these numbers should be indefinite genitive plural, as in these examples:
‫ |َسْبَعةُ ُك ت ُب‬seven books
‫ | ِتْسُع َسَّياَر ا ت‬nine cars
Keep in mind that the numbers 3-10 are made masculine by just dropping ‘ta’, the feminine marker
from the end. (‫)ة‬

Just remember, the number has the opposite gender of the singular noun.

Rules of number 10:

When 10 is used alone (not compounded with 1 to 9), it follows the reverse agreement rule. If it is
compounded with 1 to 9, it must agree with the noun it precedes.

Note that for ‫ عشرة‬the masculine form not only drops the ‫ ة‬nuukus a gnittup seriuqer tubْ over the ‫ش‬,
so you get ‫َع ْش ر‬

‫ | َعَش َر ةُ أَْه َدا‬ten goals

‫ | َعْش ُر‬ten female players ‫ف‬
‫ََلِع َبا ت‬
The numerals associated with the Arabic numbers are summarized in the following chart:

Numbers in English
Numbers Arabic letters

One ‫َو اِحد‬ wahid

Two ‫اِثَْن ان‬ isnaan

Three ‫ثَََلثَۃ‬ sLasah

Four ‫اَر َبَع ٌۃ‬ Araba’a

Five ‫َخ مَس ٌۃ‬ Khamsa

Six ‫ِس ت ٌَّۃ‬ Sitta

Seven ‫َس ْب َع ٌۃ‬ Sab’a

Eight ‫ثََم اِنی ٌۃ‬ Thamaaniya

Nine ‫تِْس َع ٌۃ‬ Tis’a

Ten ‫َع ْش َر ٌۃ‬ ‘ashara

Arabic Counting 1-10 Feminine ‫مونث‬

1 ‫واحدة‬ ١

2 ‫اسنتان‬ ٢

3 ‫ثاَل ثَة‬ ٣

4 ‫ٌ أَْر َبَعة‬ ٤

5 ‫َخ ْم َس ة‬ ٥

6 ‫ٌ ِس تَّة‬ ٦

7 ‫ٌ َسْبَعة‬ ٧
 8 ‫ثََم انَِية‬ ٨

9 ‫ِتْسَعة‬ ٩

10 ‫َعشَر ة‬ ١٠

Rules to be followed while writing or pronouncing the counting from 1-10 for Feminine part:

1. The numbers 1 and 2 in Arabic follow the noun they modify and agree with it in case and gender.
2. The numbers 3-10 are made masculine by just dropping ‘ta’, the feminine marker from the end.
)‫(ة‬
3. Note that for ‫ عشرة‬the masculine form not only drops the ‫ ة‬but requires putting a sukuun ْover the
,‫ ش‬so you get ُ‫ َع ْش ر‬.

Examples:

‫ ُ ُحجَر ٌة َو اِح دَُة‬one room |

‫ُ َس ْبَع ُة ُك تُب‬seven books |

‫َع َش َر ُة أَْهدَاٍف‬ten goals|

Arabic counting 11-20

‫مؤنث‬ ‫مذكر‬
‫ٕاحدى عشرة‬ ‫ٔاحد عشر‬ 11

‫اثنتا عشرة‬ ‫ اثنا عشر‬12

‫ثالثة عشر‬ ‫ثالث عشرة‬ 13

‫ٔاربعة عشر‬ ‫ٔاربع عشرة‬ 14

‫خمسة عشر‬ ‫خمس عشرة‬ 15

‫سـتّة عشر‬ ‫سّت عشرة‬ 16

‫سـبعة عشر‬ ‫سـبع عشرة‬ 17

‫ثمانية عشر‬ ‫ثماِن عشرة‬ 18

‫تسعة عشر‬ ‫تسع عشرة‬ 19

‫عشرون‬ 20

• Rule to be followed

In Arabic counting 11-20 there are some rules to be followed that are as following:-

1. In numbers 11 and 12, the first digit and the second digit will be same i.e, both masculine and
both feminine.
2. In counting from 13 to 19, the masculine counting will have first digit masculine whereas the
second digit will follow the feminine order. Similarly in feminine counting, the first digit of the
number will be feminine whereas the second digit will follow masculine order.

Tens in arabic ‫العشرات في العد العربي‬

'ashra – 10( ‫عشرة‬

'ishrun – 20( ‫عشرون‬

thalathun – 30( ‫ثالثون‬

arba'un – 40( ‫أربعون‬

- khamsun – 50( ‫خمسون‬

- sittun – 60( ‫ستون‬

- sab'un – 70( ‫سبعون‬

thamanun – 80( ‫ثمانون‬

tis'un – 90( ‫تسعون‬

As you can see there is only one addition in the end of tens counting and that addition is of “‫ ”ون‬and

the tens remain same in male and female no changing.

Examples:

Ten airplanes

‫عشرة طائرات‬

Thirty apples

‫ثالثونتفاحة‬
‫‪Fifty chairs‬‬
‫خمسون كرسي‬

‫‪ trees 20‬شجرة‬
‫عشرون‬
‫‪Arabic counting Examples:‬‬

‫‪٢١‬‬ ‫َو اِح ٌد َّوِع شُر ون‬

‫‪٣٥‬‬ ‫َّو ثَََلثُو ن َخ ْم َس ٌٌۃ‬

‫‪٤٧‬‬ ‫َسْبَعٌۃَّو أَر َبعُو ن‬

‫‪٥٥‬‬ ‫َخ ْم َسٌۃَّو َخ مُس ون‬

‫‪٦٨‬‬ ‫ثََم انَِیٌۃَّوِس تُّو ن‬

‫‪٧٢‬‬ ‫َو َس بعُو ن ا ِثْنَاٌُن‬

‫‪٧٣‬‬ ‫ثَََلثٌَۃَّوَس بعُو ن‬

‫‪٧٩‬‬ ‫ِتْسَعٌۃَّو َسْبعُو ن‬

‫‪٨٦‬‬ ‫ِس تٌَّۃَّو ثََم انُو ن‬

‫‪٨٤‬‬ ‫أَر َبَعٌۃَّو ثََم انُو ن‬

‫‪٩٠‬‬ ‫ِتْس عُو ن‬

‫‪٩٣‬‬ ‫َّوِتسعُو ن ثَََلثٌٌَۃ‬

‫‪٩٩‬‬ ‫ِتسسَعٌۃَّوِتسعُو ن‬
‫ٌٌَٔۃ‬
‫‪١٠٠‬‬ ‫ِم ا‬

‫‪١١‬‬ ‫َعَش ٌَر اََح ٌَد‬