Darija - What Time Is It?

What time is it? – Sh7âl (hâdî) f ssâ3a? شحال (هادي) ف السّاعة؟

We answer this question by the demonstrative pronoun hâdî, which means this is, referring to the current time. Using hâdî is optional.

It’s… : Hâdî

English

Darija Transcription

Darija in Arabic letters

It’s two o’clock

Hâdî jjôj nîshan

هادي الجُّوج نيشان

It’s five past two

Hâdî jjôj o qsm

هادي الجُّوج أُ قْسْم

It’s ten past two

Hâdî jjôj o qsmâyn

هادي الجُّوج أُ قْسْماين

It’s two and a quarter

Hâdî jjôj o rb3

هادي الجُّوج أُ رْبعْ

It’s twenty past two

Hâdî jjôj o tolôt

هادي الجُّوج أُ تُلُت

It’s two and a half

Hâdî jjôj o nSS

هادي الجُّوج أُ نْصّ

It’s twenty to three

Hâdî ttlâta qll 3shrîn / tolot

هادي التّلاتة قْلّْ عشرين / تُلُت

It’s a quarter to three

Hâdî ttlâta lla rôb/ qll rb3.

هادي التّلاتة لّا رُوب / قّل ربع

It’s ten to three

Hâdî ttlâta qll qsmâyn

هادي التّلاتة قل قْسماين

It’s five to three

Hâdî ttlâta qll qsm

هادي التّلاتة قل قْسم

Illustrations:

Darija Transcription

Darija in Arabic letters

English

Nishân

نيشان

Exactly

Qsm

قْسم

5 minutes

Qsmâyn

قْسماين

10 minutes

Rb”

رْبْع

Quarter

Tolot

تُلت

Third

NSS

نص

Half

O

أُ

And

Qll / lla

قلّ / لّا

Minus

To express an hour, you add the definite article to the appropriate number.

Examples:

It’s 5:00 = Hâdî lkhmsa nîshan. هادي لخمسة نيشان

It’s 6:45 = Hâdî ssb3a lla rôb. هادي السبعة لّا رُوب

It’s 6:30 = Hâdî sstta w nSS. هادي السّتة و نص

Exercise:

Read these:

- 5:50

- 2:30

- 4:00

- 6:10

- 12:15

- 10:05

- 7:20

- 8:40

- 9:45

- 11:55

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