السَّاعَة
/issaaʻah/
Means
O’clock
As in
السَّاعَة أَرْبَعَة
السَّاعَة
Is feminine in Arabic, therefore we would use feminine form for numbers
As in
السَّاعَة وَحْدَة
الصُّبُح
/iSSubuH/
Means
AM
اللّيل
/illail/
Means
PM
السَّاعَة بيش؟
/issaaʻah baish/
Means
What is the time?
بَلة زَحْمَة عَليكْ
/balah zaHmah ʻaleek/
Means
Please
(To a male)
بَلة زَحْمَة عَليج
/balah zaHmah ʻaleech/
Means
Please
(To a female)
نُصّ
/nuSS/
Means
Half
رُبُع
/rubuʻ/
Means
Quarter
ثِلِثْ
/thilith/
Means
Third
دَقيقَة
/daqeeqah/
Means
Minute
دَقايق
/daqaayiq/
Means
Minutes
“و”
means
“And”
When telling time “و” will turn the meaning into “Past”
And
“إِلَّا”
means
“To”
(السَّاعَة أَرْبَعَة و نُصّ)
Half past four
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