<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#732402" size="2"> kam is-sa3a? – What’s the time (lit. How much the time?) </font><font color="#732402"> </font>
<font color="#732402"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">‘sa3a’ means both ‘hour’ and ‘watch, clock’.</font></font>
<font color="#732402"> </font><font color="#732402"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Use the feminine cardinal numbers:</font></font>
<font color="#732402"> </font><font color="#732402"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">is-sa3a thintayn <object width="13" height="10" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000">
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is-sa3a sitta – It’s six o’clock.
is-sa3a thimaanya – It’s eight o’clock.</font></font>
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<font color="#732402"> </font><font color="#732402"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">x wa rub3 – a quarter past x. (lit. and a quarter)
x wa thilth – twenty past x. (lit. and a third.)
x wa nuSS – half past x. (lit. and a half.)</font></font>
<font color="#732402"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">x illa rub3 – a quarter to x. (lit. but a quarter)
x illa thilth – twenty to x. (lit. but a third.)</font></font>
<font color="#732402"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">is-sa3a ithna3ashr wa thilth – it’s 12:20.
is-sa3a thalaatha wa nuSS – It’s 3:30.
is-sa3a 3ashra illa rub3 – It’s 9:45.</font></font>
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<font color="#732402"> </font><font color="#732402"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">dagiiga, pl. digaayig – minute
“dagiiga/digaayig’ is usually not used when telling the time, but it affects the gender you use when you say ‘five past/to’ and ‘ten past/to’. Use the masculine:</font></font>
<font color="#732402"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">is-sa3a arba3a wa xams – It’s 4:05.
is-sa3a waa7da illa 3ashar – It’s 12:50.</font></font>
<font color="#732402"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">To be more specific in Arabic language, you can add one of the following time expressions:</font></font>
<font color="#732402"> </font><font color="#732402"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">iS-Sub7 – in the morning
ba3ad iDH-Dhuhur – in the afternoon
il-3aSir – late afternoon (4-6 o’clock)
il-layl – at night (‘layl’ is anytime when it’s dark outside)</font></font>
