What is the time?
كم الساعة؟
It is half past ten
الساعة العاشرة والنصف
Telling the time in Arabic is very easy. We use ordinal numbers with hours, except one o’clock, as follows:
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One O’clock
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الساعة الواحدة
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Two O’clock
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الساعة الثانية
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Three O’clock
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الساعة الثالثة
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Four O’clock
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الساعة الرابعة
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Five O’clock
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الساعة الخامسة
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Six O’clock
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الساعة السادسة
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Seven O’clock
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الساعة السابعة
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Eight O’clock
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الساعة الثامنة
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Nine O’clock
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الساعة التاسعة
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Ten O’clock
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الساعة العاشرة
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Eleven O’clock
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الساعة الحادية عشرة
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Twelve O’clock
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الساعة الثانية عشرة
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To say ‘past’ in Arabic, we use ‘و‘ which comes after the hour, so half past two in Arabic would literally be ‘two o’clock and a half’ الساعة الثانية والنصف
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past
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و
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Five past
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وخمس دقائق
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Ten past
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وعشر دقائق
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Quarter past
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والربع
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Twenty past
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والثلث
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Half past
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والنصف
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To say ’to’ in Arabic, we use ‘إلاwhich comes after the hour, so ‘quarter to three’ in Arabic would literally be ‘three o’clock less a quarter’ الساعة الثالثة إلا الربع
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To
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إلا
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Five to
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إلا خمس دقائق
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Ten to
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إلا عشر دقائق
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Quarter to
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إلا الربع
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Twenty to
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إلا الثلث
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Now, can you make these expressions in Arabic?
It’s five o’clock.
It’s half past ten.
It’s five to six.
Comments:
Carolyn:
Great little article…. thanks!
Kylie:
Would you say 5:35 is :
الساعة الخامسة والنصف وخمس دقائق
Fariha:
@Kylie I just learnt something too!
Pearly Peaches:
@Kylie Yeah ! Great
Aziza:
Ahlan Kylie,
Exactly; this is the right way to say it.
Salaam,
Aziza
9oat:
صور
صور
عالم الصور
صور مركز تحميل صور
بنات
صور بنات
that’s really nice mate , hope to have one
hunaida:
great it really did help me understand inmy arabic lessons shukran aziza
aishah:
superb.
aishah:
thanks
afzal:
there’r mistakes:
(in english as well as arabic!)
it’s ‘A quarter to’ not ‘quarter to’
in the arabic it shud b in the indefinit accusative case
i.e.
إلا ربعا
twenty to:
إلا ثلثا
the arabs today corrupt language. in english e.g. they use an ‘e’ for an ‘i’ and an ‘i’ for an ‘e’ e.g. tarek insted’v tarik, tariq.
falafel insted’v falafil.
Sebawayh, we need u!
muslim_afghan_adil@yahoo.com:
there is no irab in arabic
Aida:
How would you say 11:01 and 11:11?
randomly browsing person:
Thanks a lot to Aziza, the creator of this article. I knew how to read the time before but had forgotten a bit, so this helped me and made me understand time better.
Thanks a lot 🙂
Sanaya K:
very nice 4 these times
very helpful 4 me
thankxx for this 😀
Anonymous:
الحادية عشرة ودقيقة
الحادية عشرة وإحدى عشر دقيقة
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Mustafa:
How would you say 5:64?? and 4:55?? please help me..
Alerre:
@Mustafa yes. i need to know how to write 5:50, 7:15, 4:45, 9:30 and 11:00
Hannah:
Hi
Mashallah thx u have helped me too understand time for my test
Ratna F:
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Ahmed Ijaz:
good, now i am certain to pass my arabic exam in pakistan,
shukran
Muhammad habeshi:
Jazaakillah khairan, It helps me to understand more!
Muhammad habeshi:
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Ibrahim:
BarakAllahufeeki
This helped a lot.
May Allah preserve you
valdir bergamo:
very good! But as I am learning Arabic, I need the vowel symbols (damma, faTHA, kasra,etc). If you do that in the future, it could help beginners like me and others a lot. God bless you!
Marzuka:
Jazakallah for this wonderful article aziza
Mubeen Ahmad:
Very Very Nice, Masha Allah, Jazakallah
Student:
How about vocalised versions of all the words?
abid ali:
time all in day include night
Bilal ahmed:
How to read 1:15 in arabic?