Numbers 20 to 99

Multiples of ten

English	Darija
Twenty	3šrin
Thirty	tlatin
Forty	rb3in
Fifty	xmsin
Sixty	sttin
Seventy	sb3in
Eighty	tmanin
Ninety	ts3in

Numbers between the multiples of ten

In Darija, the ones number comes first, then u (“and”), then the tens number.

English	Darija
Twenty-one (lit. “one and twenty”)	waнd u 3šrin
Twenty-two (lit. “two and twenty”)	tnayn u 3šrin
Twenty-three	tlata u 3šrin
Twenty-four	rb3a u 3šrin
Thirty-one	waнd u tlatin
Thirty-two	tnayn u tlatin
Thirty-three	tlata u tlatin
Forty-one	waнd u rb3in
Forty-two	tnayn u rb3in
Ninety-nine	ts3ud u ts3in

Note: use tnayn, not juj, when two is part of a larger number.

Combining numbers from 20 to 99 with nouns

The structure is: number + singular noun without the definite article

tnayn u rb3in 3am — forty-two years  ·  ts3in drhm — ninety dirhams  ·  tmnya u tlatin ktab — thirty-eight books