9.26.2008

Learn Moroccan - Numbers 1000, 2000, 3000 ...

The word for “thousand” has the singular form alf, the dual form alfayn, and the plural form alaf.

The plural form is used with the short form of the numbers 3 thru 10 from “3” thousand to “10” thousand. Then we return to the singular form (like we do for all Arabic nouns). Like the word for “hundred,” it is followed by “and” when the number is not an exact multiple of 1000. From 1000 onward:

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