Numbers

1. واحد, اتنين, تلاتة

   Wāḥid, itnēn, talāta

   One, two, three

   Usage

   Say them while showing the number with your fingers

   Grammar Note

   Vowels in the romanization are estimated. "تلاتة" is written with "ت" for the spoken sound of "ث"

2. اربعة, خمسة, ستة

   Arbaʿa, khamsa, sitta

   Four, five, six

   Usage

   Say them while showing the number with your fingers

   Grammar Note

   Vowels in the romanization are estimated. Basic numbers shared with standard Arabic

3. سبعة, تمانية, تسعة, عشرة

   Sabʿa, tamānya, tisʿa, ʿashara

   Seven, eight, nine, ten

   Usage

   Say them while showing the number with your fingers

   Grammar Note

   Vowels in the romanization are estimated. "تمانية" is the spoken form of standard "ثمانية"

4. عشرين, خمسين, مية

   ʿIshrīn, khamsīn, miyya

   Twenty, fifty, one hundred

   Usage

   Used to confirm numbers aloud while bargaining

   Grammar Note

   Vowels in the romanization are estimated. "مية" means "hundred". It is a different word from "موية" (water)

5. الساعة تلاتة

   Is-sāʿa talāta

   It is three o'clock

   Usage

   The basic way to give the time. The number comes after "الساعة"

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. Vowels in the romanization are estimated. No verb is needed; "الساعة" plus the number gives the time

6. الساعة تلاتة ونص

   Is-sāʿa talāta wi-nuṣṣ

   It is half past three

   Usage

   Add "ونص" to say "half past"

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. Vowels in the romanization are estimated. "و" means "and" and is attached to the next word

7. الساعة تلاتة وربع

   Is-sāʿa talāta wi-rubʿ

   It is a quarter past three

   Usage

   A quarter past is said by adding "وربع" (and a quarter)

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. Vowels in the romanization are estimated. "ربع" means "a quarter"

8. اديني تلاتة من دي

   Adīni talāta min di

   I want three of these

   Usage

   Orders a given number in a shop. "ديل" is the plural "these" if you want to be exact

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. Vowels in the romanization are estimated. "اديني" is the imperative "give me"

9. خمسين جنيه

   Khamsīn jinēh

   Fifty pounds

   Usage

   A price. The currency is "جنيه" (the Sudanese pound)

   Grammar Note

   Vowels in the romanization are estimated. The unit comes after the number in the singular

10. الف وخمسمية

    Alf wi-khamsimiyya

    One thousand five hundred

    Usage

    Used for larger sums, followed by "جنيه"

    Grammar Note

    Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. Vowels in the romanization are estimated. "خمسمية" joins "خمسة" and "مية" into one word

11. عمري سبعة وعشرين سنة

    ʿUmri sabʿa wi-ʿishrīn sana

    I am 27 years old

    Usage

    Gives your age. The ones come before the tens

    Grammar Note

    Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. Vowels in the romanization are estimated. "عمري" means "my age". The ones come first and "و" links the tens

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