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INTRODUCTION
ArabicPod101.com presents Arabic Survival Phrases. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Arabic speaking countries, with particular focus on Morocco. So join us for Arabic Survival phrases. You will be surprised at how far a little Arabic will go.
Now before we jump in, remember to stop by ArabicPod101.com, there you’ll find an accompanying PDF, additional learning tools in the premium learning center, and other great Arabic language learning materials. In addition, you’ll find more information in the post. And if you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment.

Lesson focus

Today we're going to continue on with counting as we cover 11-100. It sounds like a lot! But we’re going to do it step-by-step. First, let's just quickly review 1 to 10. Ready?
“One” - ūāḥid (واحد).
“Two” - ǧūǧ (جوج).
“Three” - ṯalāṯah (تلاتة).
“Four” - ʾarbaʿah (ربعة).
“Five” - ḫamsah (خمسة).
“Six” - sittah (ستة).
“Seven” - sabʿah (سبعة).
“Eight” - ṯamānyah (تمانية).
“Nine” - tisʿah (تسعود).
“Ten” - ʿašrah (عشرة).
And last, “zero” - ṣifr (صفر).
Next, let’s look at numbers 11 through 20.
11 - ḥadāš (حداش).
12 - tināš(تناش).
13 - talṭāš (تلطاش).
14 - rbʿaṭāš (ربعطاش).
15 - ḫmsṭāš (خمسطاش).
16 - sṭāš (سطاش).
17 - sbʿaṭāš (سبعطاش).
18 - tmanṭāš (تمنطاش).
19 - tsʿaṭāš (تسعطاش).
20 - ʿšrīn (عشرين).
Now let's look at multiples of ten. They all end with the sound "īn".
30 is talātīn (تلاتين).
40 is rabʿīn (ربعين).
50 is ḫamsīn (خمسين).
60 is sitīn (ستين).
70 is sabʿīn (سبعين).
80 is tmanīn (تمنين).
90 is tisʿīn (تسعين).
Very well! Finally, we have the number for 100, which is miyyah (مية).
Again, miyyah.
miyyah
For numbers such as 21, 22, or 23, it is not like English. In Arabic, the "ones" digit is pronounced first, followed by the word "and", then followed by the "ten" digit.
For example, in Arabic, the number 21 is literally "one and twenty" while the number 45 is literally "five and forty."
In Arabic, this is 21, is ūāḥid wa ʿišrīn.
ūāḥid is “one”, followed by wa, “and”, followed by ʿišrīn.
One more time together: ūāḥid wa ʿišrīn; literally, "one and twenty."
ūāḥid wa ʿišrīn.
Let’s try together, number 22.
22 is tināīn wa ʿišrīn.
tināīn wa ʿišrīn
tināīn is “two,” which is different than the number ǧūǧ that I said earlier, but I’ll talk more about this later.
tināīn is “two,” followed by wa, “and”, followed by ʿišrīn, “twenty.”
Literally, "two and twenty."
tināīn wa ʿišrīn
Now it’s your turn, try to say 23.
23 is ṯalāṯah wa ʿišrīn.
ṯalāṯah is “three,” followed by wa, “and,” followed by ʿišrīn “twenty.”
Literally, "three and twenty."
ṯalāṯah wa ʿišrīn.
And so on.
Cultural Insights
Now, I told you before that number 2 is ǧūǧ in Moroccan Arabic, however, for numbers 22, 32, 42, 52, 62, 72, 82, and 92, that is all the compounded digits with 2, we don't use ǧūǧ, instead, we use tināīn, which is also Arabic for 2.
And so to say 22, as we learned before, it's not ǧūǧ wa ʿišrīn, "two and twenty"; it’s tināīn wa ʿišrīn, "two and twenty."
The same thing goes for 32, tināīn wa talātīn.
42 - tināīn wa rabʿīn
52 - tināīn wa ḫamsīn
62 - tināīn wa sitīn
72 - tināīn wa sabʿīn
82 - tināīn wa tmanīn

Outro

Okay, to close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so حظ سعيد, that means "good luck" in Arabic.
Ok, here we go!
20 is ʿšrīn (عشرين).
ʿšrīn
ʿšrīn
30 is talātīn (تلاتين).
talātīn
talātīn
40 is rabʿīn (ربعين).
rabʿīn
rabʿīn
50 is ḫamsīn (خمسين).
ḫamsīn
ḫamsīn
60 is sitīn (ستين).
sitīn
sitīn
70 is sabʿīn (سبعين).
sabʿīn
sabʿīn
80 is tmanīn (تمنين).
tmanīn
tmanīn
90 is tisʿīn (تسعين).
tisʿīn
tisʿīn
100 - miyyah (مية).
miyyah
miyyah
Now, try these numbers:
21 - ūāḥid wa ʿišrīn
ūāḥid wa ʿišrīn
ūāḥid wa ʿišrīn
And finally, number 22 - tināīn wa ʿišrīn
tināīn wa ʿišrīn
tināīn wa ʿišrīn
All right. This is going to do it for this lesson of Arabic Survival Phrases. Remember to stop by ArabicPod101.com. There you’ll find an accompanying PDF, additional learning tools in the premium learning center, and other great Arabic language learning materials. See you soon, which in Arabic is - ilā al-liqāʾ.

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