Ordinal Numbers in Arabic
The ordinal numbers in Arabic: أَوَّل (awwal, first), ثَانِي (thānī, second), ثَالِث (thālith, third), رَابِع (rābiʿ, fourth), خَامِس (khāmis, fifth), سَادِس (sādis, sixth), سَابِع (sābiʿ, seventh), ثَامِن (thāmin, eighth), التَّاسِع (at-tāsiʿ, ninth), عَاشِر (ʿāshir, tenth), الحَادِي عَشَر (al-ḥādī ʿashar, eleventh), الثَّانِي عَشَر (ath-thānī ʿashar, twelfth). Below are all 12 ordinal numbers from lesson 22 of the Flashcardly course, each with a picture and native audio.
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Lesson 22 · Ordinals 1–12 12 words
- أَوَّل awwal first
فاز بالمركز الأول بسهولة.
Faza bil-markaz al-awwal bisuhulah.
He won first place easily.
- ثَانِي thānī second
هذه مرتي الثانية هنا.
Hādhihi marratī ath-thāniyah hunā.
This is my second time here.
- ثَالِث thālith third
أنهوا في المركز الثالث.
Anhaw fil-markaz ath-thaalith.
They finished in third place.
- رَابِع rābiʿ fourth
أنا الرابع في الطابور.
Ana ar-rābiʿ fi aṭ-ṭābūr.
I am fourth in line.
- خَامِس khāmis fifth
هي في الصف الخامس.
hiya fi as-saff al-khamis.
She is in the fifth row.
- سَادِس sādis sixth
هو الشخص السادس.
Huwa ash-shakhs as-saadis.
He is the sixth person.
- سَابِع sābiʿ seventh
يسكنون في الطابق السابع.
Yaskunūna fī aṭ-ṭābiq as-sābiʿ.
They live on the seventh floor.
- ثَامِن thāmin eighth
هذه هي التفاحة الثامنة.
Hādhihi hiya at-tuffāḥa ath-thāmina.
This is the eighth apple.
- التَّاسِع at-tāsiʿ ninth
اليوم التَّاسِع عطلة.
al-yawm at-tāsiʿ ʿuṭlah.
The ninth day is a holiday.
- عَاشِر ʿāshir tenth
هي في المركز العاشر.
hiya fil-markaz al-ʿāshir.
She is the tenth place.
- الحَادِي عَشَر al-ḥādī ʿashar eleventh
يحتفلون بذكراهم السنوية الحادية عشرة.
yaḥtafilūna bi-dhikrāhum as-sanawiyyah al-ḥādiyah ʿashrah.
They celebrate their eleventh anniversary.
- الثَّانِي عَشَر ath-thānī ʿashar twelfth
ذلك هو الشهر الثاني عشر.
dhālika huwa ash-shahru ath-thānī ʿashar.
That is the twelfth month.
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