Colloquial Arabic: Sample Comparisons of Dialects - Time

What time is it?

Levantine Arabic Dialects

  • Jordanian Arabic
    English Translation:
    What time is it?
  • Lebanese Arabic
    English Translation:
    What time is it?
    Do you have the time? (M.S.)
    Do you have the time? (F.S.)
    Do you have the time? (P.)
  • Palestinian Arabic
    English Translation:
    What time is it?
  • Palestinian Arabic
    English Translation:
    What time is it?
  • Palestinian Arabic
    English Translation:
    What time is it?

Egyptian Arabic Dialects

  • Egyptian Arabic
    English Translation:
    What time is it?
    Response: It is 9 am.

    What time is it?
    Response: It is 3pm.

    What time is it?
    Response: It is 10 pm.

    What time is it?
    Response: It is 12 pm (noon).

North African Arabic Dialects

  • Algerian Arabic
    English Translation:
    What time is it?
    Response: It is 9 am.

    What time is it?
    Response: It is 3pm.

    What time is it?
    Response: It is 10 pm.

    What time is it?
    Response: It is 12 pm (noon)
  • Libyan Arabic
    English Translation:
    What time is it now?
    What time is it now?
    What time is it now?
    What time is it now?

    What time is it?
    What time is it?

  • Moroccan Arabic
    English Translation:
    What time is it?
    Do you have the time?
    What time is it now?
    Do you have the time now?
    Can you tell me the time?
    Can you tell me the time now?
    What time is it?
    What time is it?
  • Tunisian Arabic
    English Translation:
    What time is it?
    Response: Now is 7:20.

  • Western Saharan and Mauritanian
    English Translation:
    What is the time?
    What time do you have? (M.S.)
    What time do you have? (F.S.)
    What time do you have? (P.)
    What time is it?
    What time do you have? ((M.S.)
    What time do you have? (F.S.)
    What time do you have? (P.)

Other Dialects

  • Bahraini Arabic
    English Translation:
    What time is it?
    Response: It is 9 am.

    What time is it?
    Response: It is 3pm.

    What time is it?
    Response: It is 10 pm.

    What time is it?
    Response: It is 12 pm (noon).
  • Iraqi Arabic
    English Translation:
    What time is it?
    Response: It's 6 in the morning.
    What time is it?
    Response: It's 3 in the afternoon.

    What time is it?
    Response: It's 10 at night.

    What time is it?
    Response: It's 12 noon.
  • Yemeni Arabic
    English Translation:
    What time is it?
    What time is it?