Lesson 28 · الْأَوَّلُ
First, second, third and the days of the week
Order words come after the noun, like adjectives, and match it: الدَّرْسُ الْأَوَّلُ (the first lesson), الْحِصَّةُ الْأُولَى (the first class). From “second” onwards they follow one pattern: ثَانٍ, ثَالِثٌ, رَابِعٌ.
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Examples
الدَّرْسُ الْأَوَّلُad-darsu l-awwaluthe first lesson
الْحِصَّةُ الْأُولَىal-ḥiṣṣatu l-uulaathe first class (period)
الطَّابِقُ الثَّالِثُaṭ-ṭaabiqu th-thaalithuthe third floor
السَّيَّارَةُ الثَّانِيَةُas-sayyaaratu th-thaaniyatuthe second car
مَا الْيَوْمُ؟ma l-yawmu?What day is it today?
الْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ الْأَحَدِal-yawmu yawmu l-aḥadiToday is Sunday.
الْجُمُعَةُ يَوْمُ عُطْلَةٍal-jumuʿatu yawmu ʿuṭlatinFriday is a day off.
أَنَا فِي الصَّفِّ الْخَامِسِana fiṣ-ṣaffi l-khaamisiI am in the fifth grade.
Key points
- الْأَوَّلُ 1st · الثَّانِي 2nd · الثَّالِثُ 3rd · الرَّابِعُ 4th · الْخَامِسُ 5th · السَّادِسُ 6th · السَّابِعُ 7th · الثَّامِنُ 8th · التَّاسِعُ 9th · الْعَاشِرُ 10th. For feminine nouns add ـة, but “first” becomes الْأُولَى.
- Days: السَّبْتُ Saturday · الْأَحَدُ Sunday · الِاثْنَيْنِ Monday · الثُّلَاثَاءُ Tuesday · الْأَرْبِعَاءُ Wednesday · الْخَمِيسُ Thursday · الْجُمُعَةُ Friday.
- Sunday to Thursday are named from numbers: الْأَحَدُ from one, الِاثْنَيْنِ from two, الْخَمِيسُ from five. الْجُمُعَةُ means “the gathering”.
Practice
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Say “the fourth lesson”.
الدَّرْسُ الرَّابِعُ ad-darsu r-raabiʿu
Say “the first car”.
السَّيَّارَةُ الْأُولَى as-sayyaaratu l-uulaa
Say “Today is Thursday.”
الْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ al-yawmu yawmu l-khamiisi