Muni,
I have no idea what you meant by ordinal and cardinal numbers? Also, how do you deal with numbers greater than 100? You know what- I think I'll start PM-ing you the lessons first from now on so that you can check them first. Anyhow I'm posting what I could find from the web- maybe you and armughal can expand on this. Oh- and I couldn't find the arabic for all of this so all of you will have to search for that yourself, and if you do find it- post it here.
** Al-Dars ]**
Numbers:
0 — sifr
1 — wâhid
2 — ithnân
3 — thalâtha
4 — 'arba'a
5 — khamsa
6 — sitta
7 — sab'a
8 — thamâniya
9 — tis'a
10 — ashra
11 — 'ahada ashra
12 — ithnâ ashra
13 — thalâtha ashra
14 — 'arba'a ashra
15 — khamsa ashra
16 — sitta ashra
17 — sab'a ashra
18 — thamâniya ashra
19 — tis'a ashra
20 — ishrûn
21 — 'ahad wa-ishrûn
22 — ithnân wa-ishrûn
23 — thalâtha wa-ishrûn
24 — 'arba'a wa-ishrûn
25 — khamsa wa-ishrûn
26 — sitta wa-ishrûn
27 — sab'a wa-ishrûn
28 — thamâniya wa-ishrûn
29 — tis'a wa-ishrûn
30 — thalâthûn
35 — khamsa wa-thalâthûn
40 — 'arba'ûn
42 — 'ithnân wa-'arba'ûn
50 — khamsûn
59 — tis'a wa-khamsûn
60 — sittûn
66 — sitta wa-sittûn
70 — sab'ûn
73 — thalâtha wa-sab'ûn
80 — thamânûn
84 — 'arba'a wa-thamânûn
90 — tis'ûn
91 — 'ahad wa-tis'ûn
100 — mi'a
1000 — 'alf
Grammar: Use of numbers
From 21 to 99 you count like this: (example) 24 would be "Four and-twenty" i.e "arba'a wa-ishrun"
From 12 to 19 you count like this: (example) 15 would be "Five Ten" i.e. Khamsa ashra. 11 is slightly diverging.
When putting numbers together with nouns you do like this:
1: (example) 1 book is said as simply as "book", "kitâb", you leave 1 out, unless it is very important to emphasise that it is one book.
2: (example) 2 books is a special case, as Arabic not only has singular and plural, but also dual. The rules here are straight, but often ommitted by students, who wind up saying "2 books", "ithnân kutub" is not correct, and the correct dual for 2 books is "kitâbâni"
3 and up: You place the full form of the number first, immediately followed by the noun: 42 books: "ithnân wa-'arba'ûn kutub", While this is not the correct form, it is OK to say it this way at the present level. If you're curious, this is the correct way for saying 42 books: "ithnân wa-'arba'ûn kitâbân."
** Drill! ]**
Write out the arabic for the following numbers- 17, 24, 38, 74, 53, 99.
[This message has been edited by Ace (edited April 04, 2002).]