Colloquial Arabic: Sample Comparisons of Dialects - Time
Time designations
Levantine Arabic Dialects
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Jordanian ArabicEnglish Translation:
6am 12 noon 3pm 7pm 12 midnight 2am
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Lebanese ArabicEnglish Translation:
4 o'clock 4:05 4:10 4:15 4:20 4:25 4:30
4:35 4:40 4:45 4:50 4:55 5 o'clock -
Palestinian ArabicEnglish Translation: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 Arabic Dialects
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Libyan ArabicEnglish Translation: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.
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Libyan ArabicEnglish Translation: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).
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Moroccan ArabicEnglish Translation: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 ArabicEnglish Translation: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 ArabicEnglish Translation:2 in the morning (am)
Noon
Midnight
4 in the afternoon (pm)
11 at night (pm) -
Tunisian ArabicEnglish Translation:
1 o'clock 7:15 7:20 7:30 7:40 7:45
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Western Saharan and MauritanianEnglish Translation:9 in the morning (am)
12 at noon (pm)
4 in the afternoon (pm)
10 at night (pm) -
Western Saharan and MauritanianEnglish Translation: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 Dialects
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Yemeni ArabicEnglish Translation: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 ArabicEnglish Translation: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)
