Let's count!

[cbd2cai 0]

Catherine, are you even working at all? You sure have been racking up some posts!!!!

Just checking....

Noura

khamsa wi'ishreen = 25

back to work!!!

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Hey, rhouni, could you post the actual arabic numerals for 0 through 9?

[cbd2cai 0]

Hey, rhouni, could you post the actual arabic numerals for 0 through 9?

Can you increase the font size??? those little arabic characters are pretty but hard to read, LOL!!!

Seriously, I have to get back to work!

[UmmSqueakster 54]

araba'a wa ishrun = 26

[cbd2cai 0]

araba'a wa ishrun = 26

i thought 26 = sitta wi'ishreen (or wa ishrun) ???

[UmmSqueakster 54]

araba'a wa ishrun = 26

i thought 26 = sitta wi'ishreen (or wa ishrun) ???

do'h, of course This is why I need a counting thread, because I constantly mix the numbers up. Shopping in Egypt is very hard when you mix up 4 for 6 or 7 for 8. I always had my husband "translate" the numbers before I bought anything, just to make sure I didn't make silly mistakes.

sa'aba wa ishrun = 27

[kerewin21 2]

araba'a wa ishrun = 26

i thought 26 = sitta wi'ishreen (or wa ishrun) ???

do'h, of course This is why I need a counting thread, because I constantly mix the numbers up. Shopping in Egypt is very hard when you mix up 4 for 6 or 7 for 8. I always had my husband "translate" the numbers before I bought anything, just to make sure I didn't make silly mistakes.

sa'aba wa ishrun = 27

t'minyah u ashrin=28 (in darija, anyway!)

[iceyspots 0]

ana ithnan wa ashreen

[LebaneseMama 1]

tisa ou'ishreen - 29

Lebanese Dialect

[cbd2cai 0]

talateen = 30 Egy Arabic

[jordanianprincess 0]

wahad o'talateen =31 Jordanian Diaclect

Edited April 25, 2006 by jordanianprincess

[Bosco 1]

I cannot increase the font size in Arabic, so this might be easier:

[Veiled Princess 1]

ithnan wa thalathoon

اثنان وثلاثون

32

[cbd2cai 0]

talaata wi talateen = 33

[jordanianprincess 0]

arba'3a o'talateen = 34