How do you count hundreds in Arabic?
The word مِائَة / مِئَة (mi’a) means hundred. It is always feminine, and the counted noun after it is in genitive singular.
If we want to say “two hundred” in Arabic, it will be مِئَتَانِ mi’atani for the nominative and مِئَتَيْنِ mi’atayni for the accusative / genitive.
Here are some examples:
How to say percentages in Arabic?
Before we move on, since we’re talking about hundreds, it’s a good time to talk about the percentages and how to express them in Arabic.
Simple, just use بِالْمِائَة (bi l mi’a). You can also use في instead of بِ.
For example if I want to say “80% of the students succeeded.” in Arabic it’ll be نَجَحَ ٨٠ بِالْمِائَة مِنَ الطُّلَّابِ – najaha thamanuna bi l mi’ati min aT Tullabi
Or if I want to say “Salaries increased by 5%.” in Arabic it’ll be زَادَتِ الأُجُورُ ٥ بِٱلْمِائَةِ – zadati al ‘ujuru khamsatan bi l mi’ati
Arabic numbers 300 to 900
The numerals are formed with a number (3–9 in masculine form) + مِئَة in genitive singular. The counted noun after it is genitive singular indefinite.
Since it’s a compound numeral it can be written in one word (ثَلاثُمِئَة) or two words (ثَلَاثُ مِئَة).
Here are some examples:
In order to form complex numerals you use the form: mi’a + wa + (smaller number)
The smaller number (7, 19, 50, etc.) determines the case of the counted noun.
Here are some examples:
When counting if the last part is between 3-10 the counted noun is genitive plural. If it’s between 11-99 then the counted noun is in accusative singular.
The plural of مِئَة mi’a is مِئَات – mi’at (using the feminine sound plural), and it’s used when speaking about “hundreds of …”. The following noun is genitive plural or comes with min.
Here are some examples:
