Introduction
Welcome to our new class to learn the Arabic language for free online. In this Arabic lesson, we will study Arabic masculine numbers from 3 to 10 inshAllah.
Dialogue
ليلى : يا سلمَى, أ في فَصلكِ طالِبات من الصِّين و اليابان؟
Layla: o Salma, Are there in your classroom students from China and Japan?
سلمى : نعم. في فصلنا خَمْسُ طالِباتٍ من الصِّينِ و أَرْبَعُ طالباتٍ من اليابانِ و ثَمَانِي طالِباتٍ من إِنْدُوْنِيسِيَا.
Salma: yes. In our classroom, there are 5 students from China, 4 students from Japan, and 8 students from Indonesia.
ليلى : و في فصلِنا ثَلَاثُ طالِبَاتٍ من الهِندِ و سِتُّ طالبات من الفلبّين و سَبْعُ طالباتٍ من ترْكِيَا.
Layla: In our classroom, there are 3 students from India, 6 students from Philipines, and 7 students from Turkey.
سلمى : كم أُخْتًا لكِ يا ليلى ؟
Salma: how many sisters do you have o Layla?
سلمَى : لِي خَمْسَةُ إِخْوَةٍ.
Salma: I have 5 brothers.
سلمى : لكِ ثَلاثُ أَخَوَاتٍ و خَمْسَةُ إِخْوَةٍ.
Salma: you have 3 sisters and 5 brothers.
ليلى : نَعَمْ…و كَم أَخًا و أُخْتًا لَك؟
Layla: yes… and how many brothers and sisters do you have?
سلمى : لِي أَرْبَعَةُ إخْوَةٍ و أَرْبَعُ أَخَوَاتٍ.
Salma: I have 4 brothers and 4 sisters.
ليلى : لي زميلة اسمها خديجة. لها ثَمَانِيَةُ إخْوَةٍ و ثَمَانِي أَخَوَاتٍ.
Layla: I have a classmate her name is Khadija. She has 8 brothers and 8 sisters.
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The masculine numbers from 3 to 10
In Arabic, we saw in the previous lessons we already knew that there are three numbers situations:
When you want to describe a single situation with a feminine noun, you can use the following construction:
وَاحِدَةٌ + noun
Example:
و طالِبَة واحِدَةٌ من مالِيزيا
and one student is from Malaysia.
We know already that in the dual situation, we add the suffix ان or يْن according to the noun case.
Example:
و طالِبَتَانِ من الصِّيْنِ
and two students are from China
Now, we are going to the numbers from 3 to 10. In Arabic, the numbers are called الأعْدَادُ, and the counted noun is called مَعْدُودٌ. The number is always at the opposite gender of the counted noun. Thus, if the noun is feminine, the number will be masculine. Also, the counted number is plural in the genitive case.
Example:
- ثَلَاثُ طالِبَاتٍ – three students
- أَرْبَعُ طالِبَاتٍ – four students
- خَمْسُ طالِبَاتٍ – five students
- سِتُ طالِبَاتٍ – six students
- سَبْعُ طالِبَاتٍ – seven students
- ثَمَنانِيْ طالِبَاتٍ – eight students
- تِسْعُ طالِبَاتٍ – nine students
- عَشَرُ طالِبَاتٍ – ten students
Conclusion
This Arabic free lesson is now completed. You have learned how to use:
- The masculine numbers from 3 to 10 with a masculine noun.
InshaAllah, we will study the indeclinable nouns in Arabic, in the next lesson.
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