question about the gender of the word عمر (as in, age)
I just saw the sentence
هو بلغ من العمر الثالثة
and I don´t understand two aspects of this sentence.

First, why are we using the ordinal ¨third¨? I would have thought it would be something like بلغ ثلاث سنوات or ًثلاثة عمرا. it seems like the above sentence would translate to ¨he reached of the third age¨!?

Second, even if I overlook the usage of ¨third¨ instead of ¨three¨ - - I don´t understand why the phrase is العمر الثالثة instead of العمر الثالث. Is عمر one of those few words like أرض that is grammatically female without showing it?

thanks

Question

question about the gender of the word عمر (as in, age)
I just saw the sentence
هو بلغ من العمر الثالثة
and I don´t understand two aspects of this sentence.

First, why are we using the ordinal ¨third¨? I would have thought it would be something like بلغ ثلاث سنوات or ًثلاثة عمرا. it seems like the above sentence would translate to ¨he reached of the third age¨!?

Second, even if I overlook the usage of ¨third¨ instead of ¨three¨ - - I don´t understand why the phrase is العمر الثالثة instead of العمر الثالث. Is عمر one of those few words like أرض that is grammatically female without showing it?

thanks

Answer

the right sentence should be:
هو بلغ الثالثة من العمر or هو بلغ من العمر ثلاث سنوات

Answer

Look first of all if you gonna learn language please stop thinking of this is a translation of your language. . Each language has its unique phrases and structure. So in arabic you can say : 1/ i reached the sixth(year) of my age or /of age / انا بلغت السادسة من عمري أو انا بلغت السادسة من العمر او السادسة 2/my age is seven عمري سبع سنوات Those are i classic arabic But in dialectical arabic like egyptian arabic You can say i have seven years انا عندي سبع سنين Second part of your question is NO .. age is not feminine word it's a muscline And why we put third in fimine form because it's up to " years " which is feminine word So he reached the third year of age هو بلغ السنة الثالثة Year may not been included in this phrase like you see I hope It was clear and if you need anything else don't hesitate to ask me This is my Facebook because i don't enter here too much

https://m.facebook.com/khaled.fadl.182?__nodl

Answer

Look first of all if you gonna learn language please stop thinking of this is a translation of your language. . Each language has its unique phrases and structure. 
So in arabic you can say : 1/ i reached the sixth(year) of my age or /of age /
انا بلغت السادسة من عمري أو انا بلغت السادسة من العمر او السادسة 
2/my age is seven 
عمري سبع  سنوات
Those are i classic arabic But in dialectical arabic  like egyptian arabic 
You can say i have seven years 
انا عندي سبع سنين 
Second part of your question is NO .. age is not feminine word it's a muscline 
And why we put third in fimine form because it's up to " years " which is feminine word 
So he reached the third year of age 
هو بلغ السنة الثالثة 
Year may not been included in this phrase like you see 
I hope It was clear and if you need anything else don't hesitate to ask me 
This is my Facebook because i don't enter here too much

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn a language from the comfort of your own home. Browse our selection of experienced language tutors and enroll in your first lesson now!