Learn Lebanese

Level 101 Lesson 4

Genders, Simple verbs and Numbers

Curriculum V1.0
LLL System as developed by the Lebanese Language Institute
www.LebaneseLanguage.org

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Lebanese Language Center

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Tabbule

Recipe
Tabbule Ingredients

Wafe
Ghra ttabule

3 cups of finely chopped parsley

1/2 cup of finely chopped mint
Small onion
cup ground wheat
cup lemon juice
4 table spoons olive oil
Salt and Pepper

Tlet kibbeyet badunis

Ni Kibbeye naxnax
Bale ziire
Ribix kibbeye Birol
Ni kibbeye xaiir hami
Arbax malexi zet zaytun
Mili w bhar

Soak the birghol in cold water.

Mix everything together, taste and
adjust seasoning. Serve with lettuce
leaves.

Naxe l birol bi may berde.

lle kil cii, due w ie mili w bhar.
Addmiiya max wara ass

Simple Verbs

Give

Hami
Naxnax
Baal
Badunis
Banadura

Lemon
Mint
Onion
Parsley
Tomato

A Lemon/ Lemon tree

A Mint/ Mint Plant
An onion / Onion Plant
A Parsley/ Parsley plant
A tomato/ Tomato plant

Hama (f)
Naxnxa (f)
Bale (f)
Badunse(f)
Banadureye (f)

Orange [generic/Plural]
Laymun
An orange/ orange tree
.

Lettuce
ass
A Lettuce/ Lettuce plant

Pear
Nja
A pear/ pear tree
.

Apple
Tiffe
An apple/ apple tree

The generic form of objects in Lebanese is the plural form.

From plural to single: When adding a or e to the end of a word to make it single,
the a or e preceding the last letter is omitted.
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Give
Give
Give
Give
Give

me
him
her
us
them

Give me tomato

Xii

Hand

Newel

Xiine
Xii
Xiiya
Xiina
Xiiyon

Hand
Hand
Hand
Hand
Hand

Newilne
Newlo
Newila
Newilna
Newilon

Xiine banadura

Hand me the salt

me
him
her
us
them

Newilne l mili

Give me a pen

Give me the book

Give me onion

..

Give me a lemon

Hand us the books

Give us onion

..

Give me apple

Hand me an apple

Give us the salt

To Want

..

Give him oil

Give her banana

Give me a fork

To want is a unique verb in Lebanese. It is treated, almost, as if it is not even a verb.

It takes special conjugation as in the table below. Phrases with forms of verb want are
treated as non-verb sentence where you can ask the simple yes or no question.

Hand us the mint

Hand me a spoon

I want olive

I want a bowl

Give us apple juice

Give her a flower

..

Verb want
Ana badde
Inta baddak
Inte Baddik
Huwwe baddo
Hiyye badda
Nina badna
Into badkon
Hinne baddon

I want
You want (m)
You want (f)
He wants
She wants
We want
You want (plr)
They want

Give him apple

Hand him an apple

Give her the salt

..

Simple Questions

Give them oil

Give me the banana

Give us a fork

Baddak ibiz?
Do you want bread?
Baddik nja?
Do you want pears?
Badkon immos? Do you want immos?

Hand me the mint

Hand him a spoon

she wants the oil

I want water

We want orange

I want apple

Badde may

Badna laymun

Badde tiffe

I want mint

We want bread

I want a fork and a knife

She wants oil

I want banana

Give me a fork

He wants a bowl

Give me orange juice

Give them flowers

..

I want the apple

Badde ttiffea
You want orange
Baddak laymun
You want a pen
Baddik alam
He wants tabbule
Baddo tabbule
She wants the lettuce
Badda l ass
We want parsley
Badna badunis
You all want ice cream Badkon Ice Cream
They want water
Baddon May

Give me a lemon

give us the salt

Hand me a fork

Give her a lemon

give them the salt

Hand him a fork

I want a lemon

We want salt and pepper We want onion

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Numbers
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-one
Twenty-two
Twenty-three
Twenty-four
Twenty-five
Twenty-six

Waad
Tnen
Tlete
Arbxa
amse
Sitte
Sabxa
Tmene
Tisxa
Xacra
daxc
Tnaxc
Tlataxc
Arbaxtaxc
amstaxc
Sittaxc
Sabxtaxc
Tmintaxc
Tisxtaxc
Xicriin
Waad w xicriin
Tnen w xicriin
Tlete w xicriin
Arbxa w xicriin
amse w xicriin
Sitte w xicriin

Twenty-seven
Twenty-eight
Twenty-nine
Thirty
Forty
Fifty
Sixty
Seventy
Eighty
Ninety
One Hundred
One Hundred one
One Hundred ten
One Hundred thirty two
Two Hundred
Three Hundred
Four Hundred
Five Hundred
Six Hundred
Seven Hundred
Eight Hundred
Nine Hundred
Thousand
Half
One-forth
One-third

Sabxa w xicriin
Tmene w xicriin
Tisxa w xicriin
Tletiin
Arbxiin
amsiin
Sittiin
Sabxiin
Tmeniin
Tisxiin
Miyye
Miyye w waad
Miyye w tnen
Miyye w Tnen w tletiin
Miiten
Tletmiyye
Arbaxmiyye
amsmiyye
Sitmiyye
Sabxmiyye
Tminmiyye
Tisixmiyye
Alf/ Alif
Ni/ No
Ribix/ Ribox
Tilit

One book

Kteb

1 flower

..

2 books

Kteben

2 flowers

..

3 books

Tlet Kitob

3 flowers

..

4 books

Arbax Kitob

4 flowers

..

5 books

amis Kitob

5 flowers

..

6 books

Sit Kitob

6 flowers

..

7 books

Sabix Kitob

7 flowers

..

8 books

Tmen Kitob

8 flowers

..

9 books

Tisix kitob

9 flowers

..

10 books

Xacir Kitob

10 flowers

..

100 Books

Miit kteb

100 flowers

..

200 books

Miiten kteb

200 flowers

..

Lebanese has single, dual and plural form:

A pen
Two pens
Alam
Alamen

One flower
Zahra

Two flowers
Zahirten

An orange
Laymune

Two oranges
Laymunten

A bowl
Ja

Two bowls
Jaen

An apple
Tiffea

Two apples
Tiffeten

A Lettuce
asse

Two Lettuces
assten

When describing objects with numbers:

TIPS:
A. Two digit numbers are composed by the singles followed by the tens:
Twenty one is waad w xicriin = one and twenty
Thirty seven is sabxa w tletiin = seven and thirty
B. Numbers over one hundred follows the English method for counting, while the two-digit part still
follows Tip A above.
1562 -- One thousand five hundred sixty two is:
Alf w amismiyye w tnen w sittiin = One thousand and five hundred and two and sixty
54628 -- Fifty four thousand six hundred twenty eight is:
Arbxa w amsiin alf w sitmiyye w tmene w xicriin = four and fifty thousand and six hundred
and eight and twenty
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. remove the vowel at the end of the numbers 3-10, and use the following noun is
in plural.
. add [ar] to the numbers that end of 11-19 , followed by the object in single form
. replace [yye] with [iit] for the exact numbers of 100, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700,
800 & 900, followed by the object in single form.
Examples:
54628 -- Fifty four thousands six hundred twenty eight oranges
Arbxa w amsiin alf w sitmiyye w tmene w xicriin laymune
54608 -- Fifty four thousand six hundred and eight oranges
Arbxa w amsiin alf w sitmiyye w tmen laymunet