Breakdown of عاش الطيار المشهور في عام ألف وثمانمئة وتسعين.
الal
the
وwa
and
فيfî
in / about, regarding
عامâmun
year
Questions & Answers about عاش الطيار المشهور في عام ألف وثمانمئة وتسعين.
How is the year 1890 built in this sentence?
In Arabic, compound years are read from largest to smallest, with every part connected by و (and). So, 1890 is literally built as "thousand" (ألف) + "and eight hundred" (وثمانمئة) + "and ninety" (وتسعين).
Why does the word for ninety end in ـين (-iin) instead of ـون (-uun) here?
The numbers here come after the phrase في عام (in the year [of]...). This puts the numbers in the genitive case, similar to a possessive. For "tens" numbers like 90, the genitive case changes the ending from ـون (-uun) to ـين (-iin), giving us تسعين.
How is the word for eight hundred (ثمانمئة) formed?
It is a single word made by combining ثمان (eight) and مئة (hundred). In Arabic, the hundreds from 300 to 900 are written together as one combined word rather than two separate words.
As a refresher, why do both "pilot" and "famous" have the prefix الـ (al-)?
In Arabic, adjectives come after the noun and must match its "definiteness" (whether it has "the" or not). Since the noun "the pilot" (الطيار) is specific and has الـ, the adjective "famous" (المشهور) must also have it.