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This study investigated the difficulties that Swahili-speaking students face when learning the topic of number in Arabic, namely topics of singular, dual, and plural, and what can be suggested to overcome them. The researcher used contrastive analysis, which compares the systems of the two languages to identify the similarities and differences between them toexplore the difficulties resulting from those differences and to suggest solutions to avoid them. The results revealed a few similarities, the most important of which is the presence of singular and plural in both languages. They also showed a number of differences, the most important of which are the presence of dual number as well as the multiplicity of the plural number in the Arabic language, as well as agreement between numbers and nouns in terms of masculine and feminine which don't exist in Swahili language. The researcher concluded that there may be possibility of students facing difficulties, including: the difficulty in correctly expressing the dual number, the problem of choosing the relevant type of plural when making plurals of some words, and the difficulty of taking into account the concept of masculine and feminine in expressing different numbers. It was proposed to multiply the examples and exercises, while diversifying them into subjectivity and essays. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research in connection with a study of (5) Swahili documents during the Omani rule of Zanzibar, years (1925 AD, 1932 AD, 1939 AD), their main legal action is to request an amount from the orphan's agent to equip a bride, and to declare a marriage, a topic related to dealing with a mortgage through the Debt Improvement Committee and the Debt Commissioner in Zanzibar And the methods of paying the annual installments of the debt through the mortgage debt bill, and the disclosure of the debt account, the remainder of it, and the number of installments, which took place in different periods of time and places in Zanzibar, with problems represented in the presence of differences in terms of legal and diplomatic formulas for each legal action, and others related to accurately determining geographical locations And the existence of some vocabulary of life and the currency, the relationship of the state to the individual and the existence of social institutions for orphans. The study reached some results, including: that the state organized a department to coordinate the affairs of orphans and widows and spend on them until preparing girls for marriage, and the state documented and organized marriage contracts in this society of different races and sects, and due to the large number of transfers and the movement of its various members internally and externally; So that the rights of women and their children are preserved, and then find out about the issue of marriage and documenting her contracts in a special department for that in the state, and the issue of contracting and registering marriage with a young child mentioned in one of those documents, the study also proved the existence of an administration to regulate debt affairs on agricultural lands. And not to allow the citizen to accumulate debts, and the state has created an administration to coordinate and schedule mortgage debts and how to pay them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]