Lesson 95 · الْحَادِيَ عَشَرَ
11th, 21st, 100th: bigger order words
In lesson 28 you learned الْأَوَّلُ to الْعَاشِرُ. For 11th to 19th, put the order word before عَشَرَ: الدَّرْسُ الْحَادِيَ عَشَرَ (the eleventh lesson). Both parts end in -a and never change, and “first” here is الْحَادِيَ.
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Examples
الدَّرْسُ الْحَادِيَ عَشَرَad-darsu l-ḥaadiya ʿasharathe eleventh lesson
السَّاعَةُ الثَّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَas-saaʿatu th-thaaniyata ʿashratatwelve o’clock
الْيَوْمُ الْعِشْرُونَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَal-yawmu l-ʿishruuna min ramaḍaanathe twentieth day of Ramadan
نَحْنُ فِي الْقَرْنِ الْحَادِي وَالْعِشْرِينَnaḥnu fi l-qarni l-ḥaadii wal-ʿishriinaWe are in the twenty-first century.
الْجُزْءُ الثَّلَاثُونَal-juz’u th-thalaathuunathe thirtieth juz
وُلِدْتُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسِ وَالْعِشْرِينَwulidtu fi l-yawmi l-khaamisi wal-ʿishriinaI was born on the twenty-fifth.
Key points
- Masculine: الْحَادِيَ عَشَرَ 11th · الثَّانِيَ عَشَرَ 12th · الثَّالِثَ عَشَرَ 13th … التَّاسِعَ عَشَرَ 19th. Feminine: الْحَادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ · الثَّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ · الثَّالِثَةَ عَشْرَةَ, as in السَّاعَةُ الْحَادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ (eleven o’clock).
- The tens are the counting numbers with al-: الْيَوْمُ الْعِشْرُونَ (the twentieth day) · الْجُزْءُ الثَّلَاثُونَ (the thirtieth juz). For 21st and so on, the unit comes first, then وَ, and both parts take normal endings: الْحَادِي وَالْعِشْرُونَ 21st · الْخَامِسُ وَالْعِشْرُونَ 25th.
- الْمِائَةُ is 100th and الْأَلْفُ is 1000th: الذِّكْرَى الْمِائَةُ (the hundredth anniversary). Centuries: الْقَرْنُ الْحَادِي وَالْعِشْرُونَ (the twenty-first century).
Practice
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Say “the fifteenth lesson”.
الدَّرْسُ الْخَامِسَ عَشَرَ ad-darsu l-khaamisa ʿashara
Say “eleven o’clock”.
السَّاعَةُ الْحَادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ as-saaʿatu l-ḥaadiyata ʿashrata
Say “the twenty-seventh night”.
اللَّيْلَةُ السَّابِعَةُ وَالْعِشْرُونَ al-laylatu s-saabiʿatu wal-ʿishruuna
