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Arabic Numbers: Cardinal, Ordinal, Fractions, and Percentage Posted by on Aug 14, 2018

Arabic numbers الأَعْدَاد can be cardinal أَصْلِيَّة, ordinal تَرْتِيْبِيَّة, fractions كُسُور (plural of كَسْر), and percentage نِسْبَة مَئَوِيَّة. Ordinal numbers are the most difficult, even for native speakers of Arabic, because the gender-agreement with nouns they qualify is reverse. Cardinal numbers are straightforward as far as gender-agreement is concerned. This post presents lists of the…

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