Learn how to say numbers from 1-100
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hala: Hello and welcome to Basic Boot Camp. This five pod series will help you ease your way into Arabic. We’ll go over all the basics that will really help you understand much quicker and easier, and we’ll have fun doing it. |
| Simon: In this lesson, you’ll learn one of the essentials in Standard Arabic - numbers. In this lesson, we’ll count from 1 to 100. |
| Hala: Imagine a person who’s shopping and counting the number of items. |
| Simon: Any advice you can give us before we start learning the numbers, Halla? Any secret tips to learn the numbers? |
| Hala: Well, memorize numbers 3 to 9 and I will show you how the pattern works. I think that’s easy. |
| Simon: It sure is. Let’s start. Halla, what can we use the numbers 1 to 100 for, things we can count easily? |
| Hala: That’s not an easy question, but I will go with fresh juice shops. I always love those. |
| Simon: And is it common here or is it something special about the place. |
| Hala: It’s found everywhere in Egypt and many Arabic countries, and simply the best ever. I'm sure you have seen it around. |
| Simon: Sure have, so let’s start. |
| Hala: Ok. |
| DIALOGUE |
| واحد |
| إتنين |
| تلاتة |
| أربعة |
| خمسة |
| ستة |
| سبعة |
| ثمانية |
| تسعة |
| عشرة |
| أربعتعشر |
| عشرين |
| خمسين |
| ستة و ستين |
| ثمانين |
| أربعة و تسعين |
| مئة |
| Simon: And can we hear that again, but slower? |
| واحد |
| إتنين |
| تلاتة |
| أربعة |
| خمسة |
| ستة |
| سبعة |
| ثمانية |
| تسعة |
| عشرة |
| أربعتعشر |
| عشرين |
| خمسين |
| ستة و ستين |
| ثمانين |
| أربعة و تسعين |
| مئة |
| Simon: And now once more, but with the English translation. |
| واحد |
| إتنين |
| تلاتة |
| one, two, three |
| أربعة |
| خمسة |
| ستة |
| four, five, six |
| سبعة |
| ثمانية |
| تسعة |
| عشرة |
| seven, eight, nine, ten |
| أربعتعشر |
| عشرين |
| خمسين |
| ستة و ستين |
| fourteen, twenty, fifty, sixty six |
| ثمانين |
| أربعة و تسعين |
| مئة |
| eighty, ninety four, and one hundred |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Simon: Halla, what is the currency in Egypt? |
| Hala: That would be pound, but Egyptian pound, of course. |
| Simon: Right. And does it come in many bills small and big? |
| Hala: Right now we have a wide diversity of bills: quarter, half, one pound, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and even 200. |
| Simon: Do I really need to know all of them? |
| Hala: I would say yes, even the small bills such as the quarter and the half pound are important since it is still being used. |
| Simon: So one is [واحد] [waāḥid]. |
| Hala: [ربع] [rubʿ] and [نصف] [niṣf], that’s “quarter” and “half”. |
| Simon: And for the rest of the bills we just say the number followed by the pound. |
| Hala: That is correct. Pound is [جنيه] [ǧinīh] so it will be [ربع جنية] [rubʿ ǧinīh] or [نصف جنية][niṣf ǧinīh] |
| [عشرون جنيه] [ʿišrūn ǧinīh] and so on. Oh, and money means [فلوس] [fuluūs]. |
| Simon: That couldn’t be easier. |
| Hala: Great. |
| Simon: So let’s take a look at the vocab in this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Hala: [فلوس] [fuluūs] |
| Simon: Money. |
| Hala: [ربع] [rubʿ] |
| Simon: Quarter. |
| Hala: [نصف] [niṣf] |
| Simon: Half. |
| Hala: [أحد عشر] [ʾaḥada ʿašr] |
| Simon: 11. |
| Hala: [إثنى عشر] [ʾiṯnaā ʿašr] |
| Simon: 12. |
Lesson focus |
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| Simon: Ok, well, let’s take a look at how to construct and use these numbers. So tell me, Halla, are these numbers only used for counting sequentially? |
| Hala: They are used for everything, counting, quoting prices, age, but when using the number followed by a noun, the form changes slightly. |
| Simon: And how’s that? |
| Hala: For example, three is [ثلاثة] [ṯalāṯah] but to say “three books” that will be [ثلاث كتب] [ṯalāṯ kutub]. So instead of [ثلاثة] [ṯalāṯah] it changed to [ثلاث] [ṯalāṯ]. |
| Simon: And this applies to all numbers? |
| Hala: No, just numbers between three and ten when followed by nouns. And we use the noun in the plural form: book, boys, girls, times, but starting 11, the number remains the same and the noun used after it is single. |
| Simon: Wonderful. And how can we construct the numbers? You mentioned before there’s an easy way, a pattern? |
| Hala: Yes. First you need to memorize 3 to 9, 11 and 12. |
| Simon: Easy enough. |
| Hala: Then to form the teens, we will replace the [ah] sound at the end of each number with [ةَ عشر] [ẗa ʿašr], starting 13, of course. So [ثلاث] [ṯalāṯ] will be [ثلاثةَ عشر] [ṯalāṯaẗa ʿašr]. |
| Simon: [أربعة] [ʾarbaʿah] will be [أربعة عشر] [ʾarbaʿaẗa ʿašr]? |
| Hala: And that is all for the teens, so let’s try the rest. |
| Simon: [خمسة] [ḫamsah] will become [خمسةَ عشر] [ḫamsaẗaa ʿašr]. |
| Hala: And I see you’re doing something very good. Following the easier pronunciation and that’s perfect. So the sound of 4 and 5 slightly changed. |
| Simon: Yes, just enough to make the word smoother. |
| Hala: Yes. So can you tell me what is 16? |
| Simon: [ستة] [sittah] is 6 so [ستةَ عشر] [sattaẗa ʿašr]? |
| Hala: Great. And [سبعة] [sabʿah] is 7, and 17, [سبعةَ عشر] [sabʿaẗa ʿašr]. |
| Simon: [ثمانية] [ṯamaāniyah] is 8 and [ثمانيةَ عشرة] [ṯamaāniyaẗa ʿašrh] is 18. |
| Hala: Perfect. And the final one is [تسعة] [tisʿah] turning to [تسعةَ عشر] [tisʿaẗaa ʿašr]. |
| Simon: Great. It’s easy once you get used to it. |
| Hala: I agree with you. |
| Simon: So what about the tens? |
| Hala: Replace the same [ah] sound at the end of the basic number with [ون] [wun] and that will be [ثلاثة, |
| ثلاثون] [ṯalāṯah, ṯalāṯuwun]. |
| Simon: And [أربعة] [ʾarbaʿah] will be [أربعون] [ʾarbaʿuwun]. |
| Hala: You got it. Care to test the rest? |
| Simon: Sure. So [أربعة] [ʾarbaʿah] is [أربعون] [ʾarbaʿuwun]. |
| Hala: [خمسة] [ḫamsah] |
| Simon: [خمسون] [ḫamswun] |
| Hala: [ستة] [sittah] |
| Simon: [ستون] [sittwun] |
| Hala: And [سبعة] [sabʿah] will be [سبعون] [sabʿwun]. Now, don’t forget [ثمانية] [ṯamāniyah]. |
| Simon: Will it become [ثمانون] [ṯamānwun]? |
| Hala: Yes, perfect. You dropped the [ية] sound to make it easier, and that is wonderful. |
| Simon: And what would 90 be? |
| Hala: [تسعة] [tisʿah] is 9 so 90? |
| Simon: [تسعون] [tisʿwun] |
| Hala: Perfect. And finally, 100 is [مئة] [miʾah]. Now, don’t forget, 20 is [عشرون][ʿišrwun]. |
| Simon: Ok, great, no problem with that. |
| Hala: Another extra tip for you. In Standard Arabic, the tens can have two endings, [ين] [yin] or [ون] [wun], it’s really the same, but related to the grammar rule, not to worry about it now. So whether you hear [عشرين] [ʿišryin] or [عشرون] [ʿišrwun].,or[ثلاثين, ثلاثون] [ṯalāṯyin, ṯalāṯwun], it’s the same. |
| Simon: Great. Halla, give us another Arabic tip. What’s a common mistake that people make when using these numbers? |
| Hala: That would be using the numbers followed by nouns. As I said, the form changes and it’s a must to use plural noun after it. That is only 3 until 10. After that, the form doesn’t change and the noun is always in singular form. Works as plural but is singular. |
Outro |
| Simon: Brilliant. Ok, before we go, we got an email asking what is the Sample Feed. |
| Hala: The short answer is 10 free lessons with all the accompanying material. |
| Simon: The PDFs, conversation-only tracks, review tracks, the video vocabulary files, right? |
| Hala: Yeah, everything. It’s a sample of the Premium Feed, a powerful web 2.0 technology which allows you to get all of our content through iTunes with just a click of a button. |
| Simon: To test out the sample feed |
| Hala: Great! Thanks for listening, everyone! |
| Simon: Byebye! |
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