Arabic Numbers - PDF

[Yusuf Mullan]

As promised, PDF file attached. There are a couple of small errors in the fractions section towards the end. Other than that, most will find it very helpful, insha Allah.

[faqirah]

very very benificial to have it all in one place; jazakallah

[abuas]

Assalaamualaikum

Why is 100 miatu spelt like meem maksoorah then followed by alif? Usually we see huroof maftooh before an alif.

wassalaam

[DesertSand]

I would think the alif is just a seat for the hamzah, so really the maksoorah letter is followed by a hamzah, not alif.

[Mohtanick]

I would think the alif is just a seat for the hamzah, so really the maksoorah letter is followed by a hamzah, not alif.

It is Meem Maksoorah, silent Alif, Hamza Maftooha, Taa Marboota.

In moder Arabic, they usually (but not always) drop the silent Alif.

[DesertSand]

I see... I had always thought it was spelt مِأَة or مِئَة. I don't know whether this is a valid question but why the silent alif?

Edit: Is it like silent letters in English (knee, climb, thought ect)?

[nadeemabdulhamid]

In this tutorial (Arabic Numbers - Counting in Arabic | Learn Arabic Online ), it gives groups A through I. I don't exactly understand which group will a number like 354 fall into -- is it both G and H somehow?

[Mohtanick]

In this tutorial (Arabic Numbers - Counting in Arabic | Learn Arabic Online ), it gives groups A through I. I don't exactly understand which group will a number like 354 fall into -- is it both G and H somehow?

Good question. JZK for asking. Sorry if the tutorial didn't address it; my ignorance.

Umm, as for the plurality, gender, grammatical case of the word being counted, it's based on the end of the number (e.g. the 54 part - so it'll be singular, opposite gender, Mansoob in the example (hope I got that right lol)).

But note the internal construction of the number as well. In a number like 100,000, some parts of the number will be treated like the counted word with respect to other parts of the number. So 100,000 for example is Mi'atu Alfin... the Alfin part is treated like the counted word and the rules of Numbers apply to it. So since it's preceded by Mi'at, it'll be Alfin.

HTH

[nadeemabdulhamid]

But note the internal construction of the number as well. In a number like 100,000, some parts of the number will be treated like the counted word with respect to other parts of the number. So 100,000 for example is Mi'atu Alfin... the Alfin part is treated like the counted word and the rules of Numbers apply to it. So since it's preceded by Mi'at, it'll be Alfin.

HTH

And if it were 300,000, then the mi'at would also become a counted word with respect to 3? Is that so...

In the near future insha-Allah, I'm hoping to write a program to do this, because without that I don't feel like I understand all the cases...

[Mohtanick]

And if it were 300,000, then the mi'at would also become a counted word with respect to 3? Is that so...

Technically yes. But some people apply a special case to when you connect a ones-place number to Hundred.

In the near future insha-Allah, I'm hoping to write a program to do this, because without that I don't feel like I understand all the cases...

The program won't help you, but writing it will.