Darija - Numbers - 1
|
Number |
Darija |
Arabic Writing |
|
1 |
wâ7d (m) w7da (f) |
واحد وحدة |
|
2 |
jôj zôj |
جوج زُوج |
|
3 |
tlâta |
تلاتة |
|
4 |
rb3a |
ربعة |
|
5 |
khmsa |
خمسة |
|
6 |
stta |
سْتة |
|
7 |
sb3a |
سْبعة |
|
8 |
tmnya |
تْمنية |
|
9 |
ts3ôd |
تْسعود |
|
10 |
3shra |
عْشرة |
|
11 |
7Dâsh |
حْضاش |
|
12 |
Tnâsh |
طْناش |
|
13 |
tlTTâsh |
تْلطاش |
|
14 |
rb3Tâsh |
رْبعطاش |
|
15 |
khmsTâsh |
خْمسطاش |
|
16 |
sTTâsh |
سْطاش |
|
17 |
sb3Tâsh |
سْبعطاش |
|
18 |
tmnTâsh |
تْمنطاش |
|
19 |
tz3Tâsh |
تْزعطاش |
R is added to numbers from 11 to 19 when a noun comes after them.
Examples:
- Tnâshr ktâb طْناشر كتاب = Twelve books.
- tmnTâshr noqTa تنمطاشر نقطة = Eighteen points.
- khmsTâshr alf خمسطاشر ألف = Fifteen thousand.
|
Number |
Darija |
Arabic Writing |
|
20 |
3shrîn |
عْشرين |
|
21 |
Wâ7d o 3shrîn |
واحد أُ عْشرين |
|
22 |
tnayn o 3shrîn |
تْناين أُ عشرين |
|
23 |
tlâta w 3shrîn |
تْلاتة و عشرين |
|
24 |
rb3a w 3shrîn |
رْبعة و عشرين |
|
25 |
khmsa w 3shrîn |
خمسة و عشرين |
|
26 |
stta w 3shrîn |
ستة و عشرين |
|
27 |
sb3a w 3shrîn |
سبعة و عشرين |
|
28 |
tmnya w 3shrîn |
تْمنية و عشرين |
|
29 |
ts3ôd o 3shrîn |
تْسعود و عشرين |
- Numbers are combined in Arabic like in German: one and twenty, two and twenty, three and twenty…
- 2 is the only number that changes when combined with another one. We say: jôj ktôba جوج كتوبة (two books), and tnayn o 3shrîn ktâb تناين أُ عشرين كتاب (twenty two books), but never jôj o 3shrîn ktâb جوج أُ عشرين كتاب.
O means and. In 21 (one and twenty) and 22 (two and twenty) for example, and stayed as o because wâ7d واحد (one) and tnayn تناين (two) end with consonants. When numbers coming before 3shrîn عشرين (twenty) for instance end with vowels, then o becomes w, to avoid having two consecutive vowels.
