Numbers 1-10

Arabic numbers 1-10, in the simple counting form used when saying a number by itself. (Numbers 3-10 change form when they directly precede a noun, and even swap grammatical gender relative to it — a genuinely advanced topic saved for a later lesson; this one keeps to counting on its own.)

Examples

• واحد، اثنان، ثلاثة (wahid, ithnan, thalatha) — one, two, three
• أربعة، خمسة، ستة (arba'a, khamsa, sitta) — four, five, six
• سبعة، ثمانية، تسعة، عشرة (sab'a, thamaniya, tis'a, 'ashara) — seven, eight, nine, ten
• عندي ثلاثة كتب. ('indi thalathatu kutub) — I have three books.
• عمري عشرون سنة. ('umri 'ishruna sana) — I am twenty years old.

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