Number/time Flashcards
(24 cards)
What is the Arabic number for ‘one’?
واحد (wāḥid)
What is the Arabic number for ‘two’?
اثنان (ithnān)
What is the Arabic number for ‘three’?
ثلاثة (thalātha)
What is the Arabic number for ‘four’?
أربعة (arbaʿa)
What is the Arabic number for ‘five’?
خمسة (khamsa)
What is the Arabic number for ‘six’?
ستة (sitta)
What is the Arabic number for ‘seven’?
سبعة (sabʿa)
What is the Arabic number for ‘eight’?
ثمانية (thamāniya)
What is the Arabic number for ‘nine’?
تسعة (tisʿa)
What is the Arabic number for ‘ten’?
عشرة (ʿashara)
What is the Arabic word for ‘o’clock’?
ساعة (sāʿa)
How do you say ‘2:00’ in Arabic?
الساعة الثانية (as-sāʿa ath-thāniya)
How do you say ‘3:30’ in Arabic?
الساعة الثالثة والنصف (as-sāʿa ath-thālitha wa an-niṣf)
How do you say ‘5:15’ in Arabic?
الساعة الخامسة والربع (as-sāʿa al-khāmiṣa wa ar-rubʿ)
How do you say ‘8:45’ in Arabic?
الساعة الثامنة إلا الربع (as-sāʿa ath-thāmina illā ar-rubʿ)
What does ‘نصف’ (niṣf) mean in terms of telling time?
It means ‘half’ (e.g., half past).
What does ‘ربع’ (rubʿ) mean in terms of telling time?
It means ‘quarter’ (e.g., a quarter past or a quarter to).
How do you say ‘It’s 1:00’ in Arabic?
الساعة الواحدة (as-sāʿa al-wāḥida)
True or False: ‘سبعة’ (sabʿa) means ‘seven’.
True
Fill in the blank: ‘الساعة _____’ means ‘It’s ___ o’clock’.
الساعة الواحدة (as-sāʿa al-wāḥida)
What time is it?
كَم السّاعة؟
kam as-saa’a?
Looks like: ة
Pronounced as -a or -ah at the end of feminine nouns.
In connected speech or when adding suffixes (like possessives), it’s pronounced as “t”.
Used almost exclusively to indicate feminine grammatical gender.
And (used for minutes past the hour)
و
It’s … o’clock
السّاعة as-saa’a
Minus (used for minutes to the hour)
إلّا illa
