stta w tlatin ستة وتلاتين
Moroccan Darija · numeral
“stta w tlatin” (ستة وتلاتين) is a numeral in Moroccan Darija meaning thirty-six.
Meanings
- thirty-six
Usage
Stta w tlatin means "thirty-six". As with all numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine, the unit comes first, followed by w ("and") and then the tens. This order is the reverse of English. Before a noun, the noun stays singular: stta w tlatin 3am, "thirty-six years". Tlatin is pronounced with a t, not the th of the standard language. In online writing, the number is often given in figures, or in the joined forms setta-o-tlatin and sttaw tlatin.
Example
عندو ستة وتلاتين عام
3endou stta w tlatin 3am
“He is thirty-six years old.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “stta w tlatin” but also “setta w tlatin”, “sta o tlatin”, “stta ou tlatin” and “settaw tlatin”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.