Let's count vol. ithnan

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Seems like a good time to bring this back.

Here's how it works:

1. We're counting in arabic. How high we get depends on how long our attention spans are.

2. A member posts one number, and must wait until another member posts the next number before they can post again.

3. Numbers should be written out. If you have an arabic keyboard, you can put the arabic numeral, but please also put the written out word too

4. As an added benefit, maybe I can learn to count past 100

5. Maybe after we get through 10 numbers, someone who is very good at arabic can step in and make a list of those ten numbers in the correctly transliterated form.

Here are some basics of counting in arabic:

12-19 are slightly different from the form of 21 through 99.

12 in arabic is ithna ashra. Ithnan is arabic for 2 and ashra is arabic for ten. Twelve is essentially two ten. Number 12 through 19 follow this pattern, at least in the arabic I learned. JP had something different from Jordan From 21 through 99, it's "normal." Twenty two in arabic is ithnan wa ishrun. Ithnan is two, wa is and and ishrun is twenty. Twenty two is two AND twenty.

Numbers that end in one follow a different pattern. One is wahid, so it would make sense that 11 would be wahid ashra. But no, grammar never makes sense. When one is in a number, it takes the form ahad. So, 11 would be ahad ashra

Did that make sense or did I just make it more confusing?

Have fun.

Wahid - One

[ya falaha! 0]

Ithnan-Two

[sarachid 0]

Thalatha - three....... did I do that right?

[doodlebug 3]

arba'a = four

i think

[amal 4]

khamsa - five

Edited December 22, 2006 by amal

[StupidJourney 0]

ssta = six

[maggieNomar 0]

sebaa= seven

[melly 0]

thamania = eight

[maggieNomar 0]

thamania = eight

t'sa= nine

[browneyez40 0]

thamania = eight

t'sa= nine

Ashara- 10

[ya falaha! 0]

hadashar=eleven

[Jenn! 918]

ithna ashra - 12

[ya falaha! 0]

talatashar-13

[Aymerlu 3]

arbatashar=14 (at least that's what I'm being told)

[doodlebug 3]

khamastashar = 15