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Numbers, Time & Dates

Cardinal and ordinal numbers, telling the time and giving dates.
مِئَةُ كِتَابٍ
a hundred books
mi'atu kitaabin
Hundred takes a singular genitive noun
أَلْفُ رَجُلٍ
a thousand men
alfu rajulin
Thousand takes a singular genitive noun
عِشْرُونَ طَالِبًا
twenty students
'ishruuna taaliban
Tens take an accusative singular noun
الثَّلَاثُونَ
the thirtieth
ath-thalaathuun
Ordinal of the tens
سَنَةَ أَلْفَيْنِ
the year two thousand
sanata alfayni
Stating a year
الحَادِي وَالعِشْرُونَ
the twenty-first
al-haadi wa al-'ishruun
A compound ordinal
فِي الثَّالِثِ مِنْ مَايُو
on the third of May
fi ath-thaalithi min maayu
Stating a date
قَبْلَ المِيلَاد
before the common era
qabla al-miilaad
An era reference
النِّصْف إِلَّا رُبْعًا
quarter to
an-nisf illaa rub'an
Subtractive time expression
الثَّامِنَة وَالنِّصْف
half past eight
ath-thaamina wa an-nisf
A compound time expression