Counting from 2000 to a billion in Moroccan Arabic
This lesson is about counting from 2000 to a billion in Moroccan Arabic.
Counting is one of the key skills that students of any language need to acquire from the very beginning of their learning journey.
On this page, you will first learn numbers from 2000 to a billion in Moroccan Arabic.
Next, you will learn the two major rules to apply when counting things up to a billion in Moroccan Darija.
To conclude, you will find below an exercise to practice numbers in Darija, as well as the solutions to make sure you got everything right and/or correct any mistakes.
Counting from 2000 to a billion in Moroccan Arabic
Numbers | Darija | Arabic writing |
|---|---|---|
2000 | alfayn | ألفين |
3000 | tlt alâf | تلت آلاف |
4000 | rb3 alâf | ربع آلاف |
5000 | khms alâf | خمس آلاف |
6000 | stt alâf | ست آلاف |
7000 | sb3 alâf | سبع آلاف |
8000 | tmn alâf | تمن آلاف |
9000 | ts3 alâf | تسع آلاف |
10 000 | 3shr alâf | عشر آلاف |
11 000 | 7dâshr alf | حداشر ألف |
12 000 | Tnâshr alf | طناشر ألف |
13 000 | tlttâshr alf | تلطاشر ألف |
1 000 000 | mlyôn | مليون |
1 000 000 000 | mlyâr | مليار |
The general rule for counting in Darija:
To use those numbers in sentences now, here is the general rule to count a (thing):
1- the thing
2 + things
From 2 to 10 + d (of) + the things
From 11 to the infinite + thing
In the third rule d + l (of + the) sound almost like the Spanish del.
Examples:
Banane = banâna بَنانة, Bananes = banânât بنانات, la banane = lbanana لبَنانة
1 banane = wâ7d lbanâna واحد لْبنانة
2 bananes = jôj banânât جوج بنانات
3 bananes = tlala d lbanânât تلاتة د لبانانات
5 bananes = khmsa d lbanânât خمسة د لبانانات
15 bananes = khmstâshr banâna خمسطاشر بنانة
100 bananes = miyyat banâna. مية بنانة
Exercises:
Write the following in Moroccan Arabic:
11 books
12 girls
101 students
2 balls
50 pants
1 teacher
5 apples
You can carry on with other Speak Moroccan materials in “Moroccan Arabic – Unit 1”.
Or carry on to other Moroccan Arabic lessons.
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