LinguaTelling the time
| Time | Arabic |
|---|---|
| 1:00 | الْوَاحِدَةُ |
| 2:00 | الثَّانِيَةُ |
| 3:00 | الثَّالِثَةُ |
| 4:00 | الرَّابِعَةُ |
| 5:00 | الْخَامِسَةُ |
| 6:00 | السَّادِسَةُ |
| 7:00 | السَّابِعَةُ |
| 8:00 | الثَّامِنَةُ |
| 9:00 | التَّاسِعَةُ |
| 10:00 | الْعَاشِرَةُ |
كَمِ السَّاعَةُ؟ – “what time is it?”. The answer uses السَّاعَةُ and an ordinal with الـ and ة: السَّاعَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ – literally “the third hour”, 3 o’clock. Only one o’clock is الْوَاحِدَةُ. Add صَبَاحًا (ṣabāḥan) for the morning and مَسَاءً (masāʾan) for the evening.
Half and quarter come after the hour with وَ: الثَّالِثَةُ وَالنِّصْفُ – half past three; الثَّالِثَةُ وَالرُّبْعُ – a quarter past three. “To” is إِلَّا (ʾillā, “except”): الرَّابِعَةُ إِلَّا رُبْعًا – a quarter to four; الرَّابِعَةُ إِلَّا ثُلْثًا – twenty to four (“four minus a third”).
كَمِ السَّاعَةُ؟ – السَّاعَةُ الْخَامِسَةُ وَالنِّصْفُ مَسَاءً.What time is it? – It is half past five in the evening.
| Day | Meaning |
|---|---|
| يَوْمُ الْأَحَدِ | Sunday |
| يَوْمُ الِاثْنَيْنِ | Monday |
| يَوْمُ الثُّلَاثَاءِ | Tuesday |
| يَوْمُ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ | Wednesday |
| يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ | Thursday |
| يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ | Friday |
| يَوْمُ السَّبْتِ | Saturday |
The week starts on Sunday, and the names count: الْأَحَد is “the first”, الِاثْنَيْن “the second”, up to Thursday, “the fifth”. الْجُمُعَة is the day of gathering for prayer. In many Arab countries the weekend is Friday and Saturday.
الدَّرْسُ يَوْمَ الْأَحَدِ، السَّاعَةَ التَّاسِعَةَ صَبَاحًا.The lesson is on Sunday at nine in the morning.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| سَاعَة | watch, clock; hour | السَّاعَةُ جَمِيلَةٌ. The watch is beautiful. |
| الْوَاحِدَة | one o’clock | الْوَاحِدَةُ وَالنِّصْفُ half past one |
| الثَّانِيَة | the second; two o’clock | السَّاعَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ It is two o’clock. |
| الثَّالِثَة | the third; three o’clock | الثَّالِثَةُ وَالرُّبْعُ a quarter past three |
| نِصْف | half | السَّادِسَةُ وَالنِّصْفُ half past six |
| رُبْع | quarter | رُبْعُ سَاعَةٍ a quarter of an hour |
| إِلَّا | except; to (in telling the time) | الثَّامِنَةُ إِلَّا رُبْعًا a quarter to eight |
| صَبَاحًا | in the morning, a.m. | السَّابِعَةُ صَبَاحًا seven in the morning |
| مَسَاءً | in the evening, p.m. | الْعَاشِرَةُ مَسَاءً ten in the evening |
| يَوْم | day | يَوْمٌ جَمِيلٌ! A beautiful day! |
| الْأَحَد | Sunday | الْأَحَدُ يَوْمُ عَمَلٍ. Sunday is a working day. |
| الِاثْنَيْن | Monday | يَوْمُ الِاثْنَيْنِ صَعْبٌ. Monday is hard. |
| الْجُمُعَة | Friday | الْجُمُعَةُ عُطْلَةٌ. Friday is a day off. |
| سَبْت | Saturday | دَرْس سَبْت a Saturday lesson |
Exercises
This lesson has 11 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 4
- fill the gap: 2
- match the pairs: 1
- build the sentence: 1
- translate the sentence: 2
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Which word means “Friday”?
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