Lesson 19 – الدَّرْسُ التَّاسِعَ عَشَرَ

Number phrase (from 3 to 10) - الْمُرَكَّبُ الْعَدَدِيُّ (مِنْ ثَلاثَةٍ إِلَى عَشَرَةٍ)

• In this part of the lesson we will learn the Arabic numbers from 3 to 10 and the rules relating to their use, In-Shā’-Allâh (God Willing).
• In Arabic language, for the numbers 3 to 10, the following rules are applied:
• The number always precedes the noun, i.e., the noun always appears after the number, e.g., ثَلاثَةُ أَقْلامٍ meaning "Three pens"
• The noun should always be in plural form whereas the number always appear in singular form, e.g., أَرْبَعَةُ جُنُودٍ meaning "Four soldiers"
• The number will take different cases according to the situation, but the noun will always take the genitive case, i.e.,  سَبْعَةُ أيَّامٍ meaning "Seven days"
• The noun is mostly indefinite, and hence it takes the double /kasrah/ e.g., عَشَرَةُ أَشْخَاصٍ meaning "Ten people"
• The number of the masculine noun is always feminine with a /tā’ marbūŧah/ as the last letter  i.e., whenever there is a masculine noun, the number for that noun should always be in feminine form e.g., خَمْسَةُ رِجَالٍ meaning "5 men".
• Let us cover some examples for a better understanding of the rule: