LinguaThe teens
| Digit | Word |
|---|---|
| ١١ | أَحَدَ عَشَرَ |
| ١٢ | اِثْنَا عَشَرَ |
| ١٣ | ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ |
| ١٥ | خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ |
| ١٩ | تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ |
From 13 to 19 you say the unit and then عَشَرَ (ʿashara), both ending in -a: ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ – “three-ten”. Eleven and twelve are special: أَحَدَ عَشَرَ and اثْنَا عَشَرَ.
| Digit | Word |
|---|---|
| ٢٠ | عِشْرُونَ |
| ٣٠ | ثَلَاثُونَ |
| ٤٠ | أَرْبَعُونَ |
| ٥٠ | خَمْسُونَ |
| ٦٠ | سِتُّونَ |
| ٧٠ | سَبْعُونَ |
| ٨٠ | ثَمَانُونَ |
| ٩٠ | تِسْعُونَ |
| ١٠٠ | مِئَة |
The tens are the unit word with -ūna: ثَلَاثُونَ (thalāthūna) 30, أَرْبَعُونَ 40, خَمْسُونَ 50; only twenty, عِشْرُونَ (ʿishrūna), is different. Twenty-five is “five and twenty”: خَمْسَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ. A hundred is مِئَة (miʾa).
At the market: بِكَمْ هٰذَا؟ (bikam hādhā?) or كَمِ الثَّمَنُ؟ – “how much is it?”. The answer is a number and a currency as a set phrase: عِشْرُونَ رِيَالًا, خَمْسُونَ جُنَيْهًا, ثَلَاثُونَ دِرْهَمًا.
بِكَمْ هٰذَا الْكِتَابُ؟ – أَرْبَعُونَ رِيَالًا.How much is this book? – Forty riyals.
كَمِ الثَّمَنُ؟ – خَمْسَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ جُنَيْهًا.How much is it? – Twenty-five pounds.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| أَحَدَ عَشَرَ | eleven (11) | أَحَدَ عَشَرَ طَالِبًا eleven students |
| عِشْرُونَ | twenty (20) | عِشْرُونَ دِينَارًا twenty dinars |
| ثَلَاثُونَ | thirty (30) | عُمْرُهُ ثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً. He is thirty years old. |
| أَرْبَعُونَ | forty (40) | أَرْبَعُونَ دِرْهَمًا forty dirhams |
| خَمْسُونَ | fifty (50) | خَمْسُونَ رِيَالًا fifty riyals |
| مِئَة | a hundred (100) | مِئَةُ جُنَيْهٍ a hundred pounds |
| كَمْ | how much, how many | كَمْ عُمْرُ أُخْتِكَ؟ How old is your sister? |
| ثَمَن | price, cost | ثَمَنُ السَّيَّارَةِ غَالٍ. The price of the car is high. |
| بِكَمْ | how much? (for how much) | بِكَمْ هٰذِهِ الْحَقِيبَةُ؟ How much is this bag? |
| رِيَال | riyal (currency) | ٢٥ رِيَالًا 25 riyals |
| دِينَار | dinar (currency) | ٢٠ دِينَارًا 20 dinars |
| جُنَيْه | pound (Egyptian currency) | الْجُنَيْهُ مِصْرِيٌّ. The pound is Egyptian. |
| دِرْهَم | dirham (currency) | دِرْهَمٌ وَاحِدٌ one dirham |
Exercises
This lesson has 11 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 4
- fill the gap: 2
- match the pairs: 1
- build the sentence: 1
- translate the sentence: 2
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Which number is **أَرْبَعُونَ**?
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.