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Tens up to 100
Egyptian Arabic A1 · Unit 11
GoalSay 11 to 20, count in tens up to 100 and say numbers like 25.
New words
عِشْرِين (ʿishrīn) · twenty, 20تَلَاتِين (talatīn) · thirty, 30خَمْسِين (khamsīn) · fifty, 50سِتِّين (sittīn) · sixty, 60تِسْعِين (tisʿīn) · ninety, 90مِيَّة (miyya) · hundred, 100خَمْسَة وِعِشْرِين (khamsa wi-ʿishrīn) · twenty-five, 25حِدَاشَر (ḥidāshar) · eleven, 11
Explanation
From 11 to 19 Egyptian numbers end in -tāshar: حِدَاشَر (11), اِتْنَاشَر (12), خَمَسْتَاشَر (15); learn them as whole words. The tens end in -īn: عِشْرِين (20), تَلَاتِين (30), أَرْبَعِين (40), built from the numbers you know. One hundred is مِيَّة. For a number like 25, say the ones first, then وِ (and), then the tens: خَمْسَة وِعِشْرِين, «five and twenty». ث is said t, so 30 is talatīn. After a number above ten, سَنَة (year) and جِنِيه (pound) stay singular.
| Number | Arabic | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | عَشَرَة | ʿashara |
| 20 | عِشْرِين | ʿishrīn |
| 30 | تَلَاتِين | talatīn |
| 40 | أَرْبَعِين | arbaʿīn |
| 50 | خَمْسِين | khamsīn |
| 60 | سِتِّين | sittīn |
| 70 | سَبْعِين | sabʿīn |
| 80 | تَمَانِين | tamanīn |
| 90 | تِسْعِين | tisʿīn |
| 100 | مِيَّة | miyya |
Worked examples
From 11 to 19. Press each card.
Dina
الكِتَاب دَه بِكَام؟
Seller
تَمَانِين جِنِيه.
Dina
وِالقَلَم؟
Seller
خَمْسَة جِنِيه.
Ages. Press each card.
Class activity
Count from 10 to 100 in tens, forward and then backward. Then say your age and the age of two people you know with عَنْدِي or عَنْدُه, the number and سَنَة. Write five prices with جِنِيه, for example «45 pounds».
Practice
1
Say «fifty».
خَمْسِين.
2
How do you say 25? And 12?
خَمْسَة وِعِشْرِين. اِتْنَاشَر.
3
The picture shows a coin. A pen costs 90 pounds. Say the price.
تِسْعِين جِنِيه.
4
Press Listen. Which number: 68 or 86?
86: سِتَّة وِتَمَانِين.
5
Say «I am thirty years old».
عَنْدِي تَلَاتِين سَنَة.