Time in Arabic

Time words in Arabic: اليَوْم (al-yawm, today), غَدًا (ghadan, tomorrow), أَمْسِ (amsi, yesterday), الآنَ (al-’ān, now), يَوْم (yawm, day), لَيْل (layl, night). Below are all 36 time words from lessons 3, 17 and 25 of the Flashcardly course, each with a picture and native audio.

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All 36 Arabic time words

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Lesson 3 · Time Basics 12 words

اليَوْم al-yawm today

اليوم يوم جميل.

al-yawm yawm jameel.

Today is a good day.
غَدًا ghadan tomorrow

غَدًا يَوْمٌ جَدِيد.

Ghadan yawmun jadid.

Tomorrow is a new day.
أَمْسِ amsi yesterday

رأيتُها أَمْسِ.

ra'aytuha amsi.

I saw her yesterday.
الآنَ al-’ān now

يُريدُهُ الآن.

Yurīduhu al-ān.

He wants it now.
بَعْدَ الظُّهْر ba'da az-zuhr afternoon

أُحِبُّ فترة ما بَعْدَ الظُّهْر.

Uḥibbu fatrata mā baʿda aẓ-ẓuhr.

I like the afternoon.
مَسَاء masāʾ evening

المَسَاء هادئ.

al-masā' hādi'.

The evening is quiet.
دَقِيقَة daqīqa minute

نحتاج إلى خمس دقائق.

Naḥtāju 'ilā khamsi daqā'iq.

We need five minutes.
صَبَاح ṣabāḥ morning

أتناول الفطور في الصباح.

Atanāwalu al-fuṭūr fī aṣ-ṣabāḥ.

I eat breakfast in the morning.
لَاحِقاً lāḥiqan later

سأفعله لاحقاً.

sa'af'aluhu lāḥiqan.

I will do it later.
مُبَكِّرًا mubakkiran early

تستيقظ مُبَكِّرًا.

tastayqiẓu mubakkiran.

She wakes up early.
مُتَأَخِّر muta'akhkhir late

هو غالباً مُتَأَخِّر.

Huwa ghaliban muta'akhkhir.

He is often late.
سَاعَة sāʿa hour

تستمر الحصة ساعة واحدة.

Tastamirru al-ḥiṣṣatu sāʿa wāḥida.

The class lasts one hour.

Lesson 17 · Time Nouns — Day, Night, Year 12 words

يَوْم yawm day

انْتَظَرْنَا لِيَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ.

intadharnā li-yawmin wāḥid.

We waited for one day.
لَيْل layl night

نحن ننام في اللَّيْلِ.

naḥnu nanāmu fil-layl.

We sleep at night.
أُسْبُوع usbūʿ week

أَقَمْنَا لِمُدَّةِ أسبوعٍ وَاحِد.

aqamnā li-muddati usbūʿin wāḥid.

We stayed for one week.
شَهْر shahr month

عَمِلَ لِمُدَّةِ شَهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ.

ʿamila li-muddati shahrin wāḥid.

He worked for one month.
سَنَة sana year

انْتَظَرْنَا لِمُدَّةِ سَنَةً وَاحِدَة.

intazharnā li-muddati sanatan wāḥida

We waited for one year.
وَقْت waqt time

نَحْنُ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى وَقْتٍ أَطْوَل.

naḥnu bi-ḥājatin ilā waqtin aṭwal

We need more time.
لَحْظَة laḥẓa moment

انْتَظَرَ لَحْظَةً.

intadhara laḥẓatan.

He waited for a moment.
مُسْتَقْبَل mustaqbal future

أنا أُفَكِّرُ فِي الْمُسْتَقْبَلِ.

ana ufakkiru fil-mustaqbal

I think about the future.
سَاعَة sā'ah o'clock

أستيقظ في السَّاعَةِ السابعة.

Astayqiẓu fī as-sā'ati as-sābi'ah.

I wake up at seven o'clock.
مُنْتَصَفُ اللَّيْل muntasaf al-layl midnight

سَنُغَادِرُ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْل.

sanughādir fī muntasaf al-layl

We will leave at midnight.
مُنْتَصَفُ النَّهَار muntasaf an-nahār midday

الشَّمْسُ حَارَّةٌ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ النَّهَار.

ash-shamsu ḥārratun fī muntasaf an-nahār

The sun is hot at midday.
اللَّيْلَة al-layla tonight

سَيَصِلُ الضُّيُوفُ اللَّيْلَةَ.

sayasilu ad-duyoofu al-layla.

The guests will arrive tonight.

Lesson 25 · Time Markers — Earlier & Later 12 words

قَبْل qabl ago

وَصَلْتُ قَبْلَ يَوْمَيْنِ.

waṣaltu qabla yawmayn.

I arrived two days ago.
قَرِيباً qarīban soon

سَيَصِلُ صَدِيقي قَرِيباً.

sayasilu sadiqi qariban.

My friend will arrive soon.
مَا زَالَ mā zāla still

أنا ما زلتُ جائعاً.

ana mā ziltu jā'iʿan

I am still hungry.
أَبَدًا abadan ever

هَلْ رَأَيْتَ الْمُحِيطَ مِنْ قَبْلُ؟

hal ra'ayta al-muḥīṭa min qabl?

Have you ever seen the ocean?
بَعْدُ ba'du yet

صديقي لم يصل بعدُ.

Sadeeqi lam yaSil ba'du.

My friend has not arrived yet.
فَوْرًا fawran immediately

أحتاجُ إلى المساعدة فَوْرًا.

Aḥtāju ilā al-musāʿada fawran.

I need help immediately.
رُبَّمَا rubbamā maybe

رُبَّمَا ستأتي لاحقاً.

rubbamā sata'tī lāḥiqan

Maybe she will come later.
وَقْتًا مَا waqtan mā sometime

سوف نلتقي في وقت ما.

sawfa naltaqī fī waqtin mā.

We will meet sometime.
أَيّ وَقْت ayyi waqt anytime

يُمْكِنُكَ زِيَارَتُنَا فِي أَيِّ وَقْتٍ.

yumkinuka ziyaratuna fi ayyi waqt.

You can visit us anytime.
قَبْلَ qabla before

غادرنا قبل العاصفة.

ghādarnā qabla l-ʿāṣifa

We left before the storm.
بَعْدَ baʿda after

سَنُغَادِرُ بَعْدَ الوَجْبَةِ.

sanughādiru baʿda l-wajba

We will leave after the meal.
فِي هٰذِهِ الْأَيَّام fi hadhihi al-ayyam nowadays

يُسَافِرُ النَّاسُ أَكْثَرَ فِي هٰذِهِ الْأَيَّام.

yusafiru an-nasu akthara fi hadhihi al-ayyam.

People travel more nowadays.