Dialects | Colloquial Arabic: Sample Comparisons of Dialects | Time

Time designations

Levantine Arabic Dialects

English translation:

6am 12 noon 3pm 7pm 12 midnight 2am

English 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

English 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

English 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.

English 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).

English 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.

English 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).

English translation:

2 in the morning (am)
Noon
Midnight
4 in the afternoon (pm)
11 at night (pm)

English translation:

1 o'clock 7:15 7:20 7:30 7:40 7:45

English translation:

9 in the morning (am)
12 at noon (pm)
4 in the afternoon (pm)
10 at night (pm)

English 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

English 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)

English 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)