Arabic Numbers are So Confusing

[pikachu]

Wow, as a native Arabic speaker I just found out that I follow all of these rules without even knowing most of them!

[tea_bejjai]

you know it's bad when numbers are a whole lesson for native speakers in grade 10

[leoorigins]

as a native arabic speaker, i couldnt relate more to the number rules, shit my mother language is arabic and i cant even apply the numbers rule

[CrackedPumpkin]

I think someone already said that but I'll say it. Arabic numbers are actually (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ...) But arabs use (١،٢،٣،٤،٥،٦،٧،٨،٩،...). Idk more about it. But feel free to search 😊

[XashX]

haha this is interesting to see as a person who has studied Arabic for three years. All this also used to make my head spin when I was starting out. Still trips me up a bit sometimes.

[ahmed]

I consider MSA (modern standard arabic) to be a native language for me besides the dialect because I learned it from extensive exposure to cartoon and content in modern standard arabic. I spoke it before school. These rules are second nature for me and I studied arabic academically in school but I honestly got surprised because I never paid attention to the numbers. That's toughhhh yet fascinating.
I admire foreigners who learn arabic. Great content btw

[frasenp]

Unintentionally gives a great summary for reviewing grammar 😇

[aguy]

as an arabic person
I ensure you, ALOT of native Arabic speakers don't know this and don't even know how to use it !!!
like this is literally
Added to the grade 9 school book (Arabic subject) and some countries even above grade 9 !

[DowntownOsaka]

I don't even follow the rules, my tongue and brain just speaks it naturally,

[Adel-World]

My native language is Arabic, and after watching your video, I realized that Arabic is really difficult. But for Arabic native speakers, they didn't learn the language; they acquired it and learned it effortlessly. So, my advice to you is to just enjoy the process and focus more on listening and reading in Arabic instead of studying grammar rules. Because if you spend too much time on grammar, it can confuse you. Finally, if you have the opportunity to speak in Arabic, start speaking as much as you can.

[timeless]

Actually the “English” numbers are Arabic, the ones you showed are Indic

[zaidlacksalastname]

Fun fact: the numeric gendering thing is so complicated you take it in 12th grade where I live.

[sumiyasimi]

Funny thing is, I learned those numbers by memorising them when I was very young, less than 7. I only know very basic Arabic and I haven't practiced for over decades, but they still make sense to me. That's the power of child brain.

[chronosverse]

The greatest way to tackle this kind of grammatical conundrum is to avoid learning it by text book and to experience using it first-hand in real life. This applies to all languages, in my case.

[ibn-si]

The numbers we usually use are actually arabic numbers and the ones you siad are actually arabic are indeed indian

[truckkun]

0:53 i am pretty sure that the "كتاب" is just singular form of book or can be said as plural form of writer, i never heard anyone referring to books more than 10 in number like that.

[adriantepesut]

I’m also studying Arabic and have gotten to a level where I can understand most of what I read or hear in MSA content and whenever I listen to the audio of a book (you want to ideally listen while reading even at advanced stages since as you know most text does not contain tashkeel or all the harakat) even eloquent, professional msa narrators will simplify numbers sometimes


I want to master ‘iarab as it applies to numbers but that’s like perhaps the last thing I’ll do after mastering everything else

[AymenDZA]

Well, when it comes to reading the numbers they were actually read from right to left also, for example: 1998 would be: "eight and ninety, nine hundred and one thousand"/ "ثمانية و تسعون تسعمائة و ألف", this reading can be found in most old books or narrations.
The left to right pronunciation is "accurate" but relatively modern.

[the.higher.message]

actually the numbers we use everyday are arabic numbers made by al khawarizmy the person who found the algorithm system

[amathos]

It’s worth mentioning that numbers 11 and 12 each also have their different set of rules. I love Arabic grammar but it can be annoying with having a set of rules for anything and everything… like exclamation for example which I hope you a make a Short of.