Number: Lesson One

Simple Numbers

waahid
Ithnaan
thalaatha
arb’a
khamsah
sitta
sab’a
thamaaniyya
tis’a
ashra

All number words stem from the simple number words. Notice how the simple number is always repeated as the first part of the rest of numbers. Study the examples and try to do the quiz below.

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#1. 22 ? Choose the correct written form of the digits

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#2. 43 ? Choose the correct written form of the digits

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#3. 65 ? Choose the correct written form of the digits

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#4. 87 ? Choose the correct written form of the digits

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#5. 17 ? Choose the correct written form of the digits

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In Arabic, number words include two types of information:

  • gender of the counted word
  • the number of the counted word.

Therefore, we have always to consider the gender of counted word to decide what gender the number word is.