Lesson 33 · عِشْرُونَ
Numbers 11 to 100
11 is أَحَدَ عَشَرَ and 12 is اثْنَا عَشَرَ. For 13 to 19, join a unit to عَشَرَ: ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ (13). After any number from 11 to 99 the noun is singular and ends in -an: خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ طَالِبًا (15 students).
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Examples
أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًاaḥada ʿashara kawkabaneleven stars (Quran 12:4)
اثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًاithnaa ʿashara shahrantwelve months
فِي الْفَصْلِ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ طَالِبًاfil-faṣli khamsata ʿashara ṭaalibanThere are fifteen students in the class.
عُمْرِي عِشْرُونَ سَنَةًʿumrii ʿishruuna sanatanI am twenty years old.
الشَّهْرُ ثَلَاثُونَ يَوْمًاash-shahru thalaathuuna yawmanThe month is thirty days long.
بِخَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ رِيَالًاbi-khamsatin wa-ʿishriina riyaalanfor twenty-five riyals
مِائَةُ رِيَالٍmi’atu riyaalina hundred riyals
Key points
- Tens: عِشْرُونَ 20 · ثَلَاثُونَ 30 · أَرْبَعُونَ 40 · خَمْسُونَ 50 · سِتُّونَ 60 · سَبْعُونَ 70 · ثَمَانُونَ 80 · تِسْعُونَ 90 · مِائَةٌ 100.
- For 21 to 99 say the unit first, then وَ, then the tens, just as Urdu says «پچیس»: خَمْسَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ (25, “five and twenty”).
- After 100 the noun ends in -i: مِائَةُ رِيَالٍ (a hundred riyals). After a preposition the tens end in -iina: بِعِشْرِينَ رِيَالًا (for twenty riyals).
Practice
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Say “twelve students”.
اثْنَا عَشَرَ طَالِبًا ithnaa ʿashara ṭaaliban
Say “thirty riyals”.
ثَلَاثُونَ رِيَالًا thalaathuuna riyaalan
Say “I am forty years old.”
عُمْرِي أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً ʿumrii arbaʿuuna sanatan