Grammar reference / Lesson 2

Numbersالرقم

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5 grammar rules for this lesson.

Compound Numbers (21–99)

Pattern

Unit + وَ + ten

الوحدة + وَ + العشرات

Worked example— 21

Unit

وَاحِدٌ

And

وَ

Ten

عِشْرُونَ

Result

وَاحِدٌ وَعِشْرُونَ

wāḥidun wa-ʿishrūna

Hundreds (300–900)

Pattern

Unit + Hundred

الوحدة + مِائَة

Note: The unit will drop its taa marbuta (ةُ) in this case and take a dhamma

Worked example— 300

Unit

ثَلَاثُ

(instead of the usual: ثَلَاثَةُ)

Hundred

مِائَة

Result

ثَلَاثُمِائَةٌ

thalāthumiʾatun (not thalathatuiʾatun)

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Compound Hundreds (101–999)

Pattern

Hundreds + وَ + remaining number

المئات + وَ + العدد المتبقي

Worked example— 348

Hundreds

ثَلَاثُمِائَةٌ

And

وَ

Remaining

ثَمَانِيَةٌ وَأَرْبَعُونَ

Result

ثَلَاثُمِائَةٌ وَثَمَانِيَةٌ وَأَرْبَعُونَ

thalāthumiʾatun wa-thamāniyatun wa-arbaʿūna

Thousands (3000–9000)

Pattern

Unit + Thousands

آلاف + الوحدة

Worked example— 3000

Unit

ثَلَاثَةُ

Thousands

آلاف

Result

ثَلَاثَةُ آلاف

thalāthatu ālāf

Compound Thousands (1000 and above)

Pattern

Thousands + وَ + Hundreds + وَ + (Unit + وَ + tens)

الآلاف + وَ + المئات + وَ + (الوحدة + وَ + العشرات)

Worked example— 2345

Thousands

أَلْفَانِ

And

وَ

Hundreds

ثَلَاثُ مِائَةٍ

And

وَ

Remaining

خَمْسَةٌ وَأَرْبَعُونَ

Result

أَلْفَانِ وَثَلَاثُ مِائَةٍ وَخَمْسَةٌ وَأَرْبَعُونَ

alfāni wa-thalāthu miʾatin wa-khamsatun wa-arbaʿūna