Numbers in Lebanese Arabic: from 0 to 1000 (with a table)

Numbers are among the first things you actually use in a new language — prices, time, phone numbers, your age. The good news: in Lebanese you only need a handful to get by. Here they are, with Arabizi pronunciation and Arabic script.

0 to 10

Tens, hundreds, thousands

Between 21 and 99, Lebanese says the unit first, then the ten: 21 is 'wa7ad w 3eshrin' (one-and-twenty), 35 is 'khamse w tletin' (five-and-thirty). The little 'w' means 'and'.

Where you'll use them right away

• Addesh? — 'how much?' The answer comes back in these numbers, usually in lira or dollars.
• Phone numbers are read digit by digit — just string the 0–10 list together.
• Your age: 'age' is 3omr — 'omri tletin' means 'I'm thirty'.

Practise them out loud

Numbers stick fastest when you say them for real — counting change, telling the time, giving your phone number. In a free trial lesson you practise them with a native teacher, and you can continue with the first 20 Lebanese phrases.

All our free PDFs — phrasebook, arabizi cheat-sheet and a 30-day plan — are on the resources page.