Telling Time

...
   

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

 
 
   

الصُّبْح

 

/iSSubH/

 

Means

 

AM

   
   
   

باللّيل

 

/billail/

 

Means

 

PM

 
 
 

السَّاعَة كام؟

 

/issaaʼah kaam/

 

Means

 

What is the time?

 
 
   

السَّاعَة وَحْدَة باللّيل

       

 

 
 

نُصّ

 

/nuSS/

 

Means

 

Half

 
 
   

رُبْع

 

/rubʻ/

 

Means

 

Quarter

 
 
 

تِلْت

 

/tilt/

 

Means

 

Third

 
 
   

دِقيقَة

 

/diʼeeʼah/

 

Means

 

Minute

 
 
 

دَقايق

 

/daʼaayiʼ/

 

Means

 

Minutes

 

 

و

 

means

 

"And" 

 

When telling time

 

"و"

 

will turn the meaning into "Past"

 

and

 

"إِلَّا" is "To"

 

(السَّاعَة أَرْبَعَة  و نُصّ)

 

Half  past  four

 
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