Arabic Numbers 11 19

In this lesson we will learn the numbers from 11 to 19 In-Shā’-Allâh (God willing). The topics that will be covered include:

The numbers (أحَدَ عَشَر) “aћada ξashar” (eleven) and (اِثْنا عشر) “ithnā ξashar” (twelve) in a special section, and the special rules relating to these numbers.
After that we will cover the numbers from (ثلاثة عشر) “thalāthata ξashar” (thirteen) to (تِسْعَةَ عَشَر) “tisξata ξashar” (nineteen).
We will answer some questions relating to the numbers, such as:
- What are the situations in which a number will be masculine or feminine?
- Are numbers declinable or indeclinable?
- The ending of the numbered noun الاسْم المَعْدود (the name comes after a number)

Below we will cover some examples. Read the examples carefully and then study the rules that follow in future sections:

With masculine	With feminine
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جاء أحدَ عَشَرَ أُسْتاذاً “Ĵā’a aћada ξashar ustādhan” Eleven professors came	جاءت إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ أُسْتاذةً “Ĵā’at iћdā ξashrata ustādhatan” Eleven lady professors came
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ذهب اثْنَا عَشَرَ مُهَنْدِسًا “Dhahaba ithnā ξashar muhandisan” Twelve engineers went out	ذَهَبَت اثْنَتا عَشْرَةَ مُهَنْدِسَةً “Dhahabat ithnatā ξashrat muhandisatan” Twelve lady engineers went out
رَأَيْتُ اِثْنَي عَشَر مُهَنْدِسًا “ra’aytu ithnai ξashara muhandisan” I saw twelve engineers	رأيت اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ مُهَنْدِسَةً “ra’aytu ithnatai ξashrata muhandisatan” I saw twelve lady engineers

With masculine	With feminine
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في الفَصْلِ ثلاثةَ عَشَرَ طالِبًا “fil-faŝli thalāthata ξshara ŧâliban” Thirteen students are in the class	حَضَرَتْ ثَلاثَ عَشْرَةَ مُدَرِّسَة ” ħađarat thalātha ξashrata mudarrisatan” Thirteen lady teachers attended
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قَرَأْتُ أرْبَعَةََ َعَشَرَ كِتَابًا ” qara’tu arbaξata ξashara kitāban” I read fourteen books	قَرَأتُ أرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ قِصَّةً “qara’tu arbaξa ξashrata qiŝŝatan” I read fourteen stories
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رَجَعْتُ بَعْدَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا “raĵaξtu baξda khamsata ξashara yawman” I came back after fifteen days	نِمْتُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَاعَةً “nimtu khamsa ξashrata sāξatan” I slept for fifteen hours
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ذَبَحْتُ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ دِيكًا “dhabaћtu sitta ξashara dīkan” I slaughtered sixteen roosters	ذَبَحْتُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ دَجَاجَةً “dhabaћtu sitta ξashrata daĵaĵatan” I slaughtered sixteen hens

With masculine	With feminine
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دَعَوْتُ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ دُعَاءً “daξawtu sabξata ξashara duξā‘an” I invoked seventeen supplications	صَلَّيْتُ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً “ŝallaitu sabξa ξashrata rakξatan” I prayed seventeen Rak’ahs
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مُحَمَّدٌ عِنْدَهُ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ صَدِيقًا “muħammadun ξindahu thamāniyata ξashara ŝadīqan” Muhammad has eighteen friends	فاطِمَةُ عِنْدَها ثَمَانِيَ عَشْرَةَ صَدِيقَةً “Fatimatu ξindahā thamāni ξashrata ŝadīqatan” Fatimah has eighteen friends
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هَذا الطِّفْلُ عُمْرُه تِسْعَة َ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا “hādhā aŧ-ŧiflu ξumruhū tisξata ξashara yawman” This child is nineteen days old	هذا الوَلَدُ عُمْرُهُ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً “hādhā al-waladu ξumruhū tisξa ξashrata sanatan” This boy is nineteen years old

We will also learn the numbers from 20 to 99, which include two parts: (1) decade numbers (i.e. 20, 30,…90) and (2) the other numbers:-

رَأيْتُ عِشْرِينَ بَلَدًا	جاءَ ثَلاثون رَجُلا
“ra’aytu ξishriin baladan” I saw twenty countries	“ĵā’a thalathūn raĵulan” Thirty men came

رَأْيت اِثْنَينِ وعِشْرِينَ بَلَدًا	جاء واحِدٌ وثَلاثُونَ رجلا
“ra’aytu ithnai[n] wa ξishrīn baladan” I saw twenty-two countries	“ĵā’a wāћidun wa thalāthūn raĵulan” Thirty-one men came