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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Time      

Time designations      

Levantine Dialects Listen English Meaning
Jordanian listen 6am     12 noon    3pm    7pm    12 midnight    2am
Lebanese listen 4 o’clock    4:05    4:10    415    4:20    4:25    4:30   
4:35    4:40    4:45    4:50    4:55    5 o’clock
Palestinian listen It's 9 am.
It's noon.
It's 2 pm.
It's 5 pm.
It's 8 pm.
It's midnight.
It's 1 am.

 

 

North African Dialects Listen English Meaning
Libyan listen It’s 12 o’clock.
It’s quarter past twelve.
It’s twenty past twelve.
It’s half past twelve.
It’s twenty to one.
It’s quarter to one.
It’s one o’clock.
Libyan listen It’s 9 am (morning).
It’s 12 pm (afternoon).
It’s 3 pm (afternoon).
It’s 7 pm (night).
It’s 12 am (midnight).
It’s 2 am (morning).
Moroccan listen It’s 12 o’clock.
It’s quarter past twelve.
It’s twenty past twelve.
It’s half past twelve.
It’s twenty to one.
It’s quarter to one.
It’s one o’clock.
It’s one o’clock.
Moroccan listen It’s 9 am (morning).
It’s 12 pm (afternoon).
It’s 3 pm (afternoon).
It’s 7 pm (night).
It’s 12 am (midnight).
It’s 2 am (morning).
Tunisian listen 2 in the morning (am)
Noon
Midnight
4 in the afternoon (pm)
11 at night (pm)
Tunisian listen 1 o’clock     7:15    7:20    7:30    7:40    7:45   
Western Saharan & Mauritanian listen 9 in the morning (am)
12 at noon (pm)
4 in the afternoon (pm)
10 at night (pm)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian listen 12 o’clock (12:00)
Quarter past 12 (12:15)
Twenty past 12 (12:20)
Half past 12 (12:30)
Twenty to 1 (12:40)
Quarter to 1 (12:45)

 

Other Major Dialects Listen English Meaning
Yemeni listen 9 in the morning (am)
1 in the early afternoon (pm)
4 in the afternoon (pm)
6 in the evening (pm)
8 at night (pm)
Yemeni listen 12 o’clock (12:00)
Quarter past 12 (12:15)
Half past 12 (12:30)
Twenty to 1 (12:40)
Quarter to 1 (12:45)

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