Time Expressions:
- time - waçt/waçet {çawçât}
- moment - laxźa {ât}
- second - sênye {sawêni}/taqqe {êt}
- minute - dçîça {daçâyiç}
- hour/watch - sêýa {ât}
- half-hour - noşş sêýa
- day - yôm {çiyyêm}
- week - jomýa/çisbûý {çasêbîý}
- month - caher {çachor/chûr}
- year - sine {snîn}
- century - çaren {çurûn}
- now - hallaç
- later - baýdên
- a little after - baýed cwayy
- today - l-yôm
- an hour ago - min sêýa
- two days ago - min yawmên
- three days ago - min tlitt-iyyêm
- present-day - mnil-yôm
- each day - qill yôm
- everyday - qill il-çiyyêm
- day after day - yôm baýd yôm
- no day - wala yôm
- sometimes - min waçt la-waçt
- one time - marra
- many times - ýiddit marrât/marrât qtîre
- this year - has-sine
- last year - s-sine l-mâðye
- next year - s-sine l-jêye
- always - dêyman/ýa-ţûl/ýala ţûl
- never - çabadan/hayhêt
- forever - dêyme
- tomorrow - buqra
- tomorrow morning - buqra ýa-buqra
- yesterday - mbêrix/mbêrxa
- before yesterday - çawwal mbêrix
- daytime - nhâr {ât}
- morning - şubox {şubxiyyêt}
- noon - ðohor {ðohriyyêt}/noşş ni-nhâr
- afternoon - baýd ið-ðohor
- evening - ýaciyye
- tonight - hal-masa
- at night - bil-masa/bil-leyl
- night - leyl {layêli}
- one night - layle
- midnight - noşş il-leyl
- weekend - nihêyt il-çisbûý
- just a second - taqqe zgîre
- early - baqqîr
- earlier - çabqar
- late - mçakkar
- very late - qtîr mçakkar
- soon - çarîban
- third - tilet
- quarter - ribeý
- half - noşş
- minus/less - çilla
- a little - cwayy
- a lot - qtîr
- before - çabel
- after - baýd
- daily - yawmi
- weekly - çusbûýi
- monthly - cahri
- future - mistaçbal
- present - xâðir
- past - mâði
- calendar - riznêma {êt}
Clock Times:
- What time is it? - çaddê s-sêýa?
- It's one o'clock [1:00] - s-sêýa wêxde
- It's five past two [2:05] - s-sêýa tnên w-kamse
- It's quarter past three [3:15] - s-sêýa tlête w-ribeý
- It's twenty past four [4:20] - s-sêýa çarbýa w-tilet
- It's half past five [5:30] - s-sêýa kamse w-noşş
- It's twenty-five to seven [6:35] - s-sêýa sitte w-noşş w-kamse
- It's twenty to eight [7:40] - s-sêýa tmêne çilla tilet
- It's quarter to nine [8:45] - s-sêýa tisýa çilla ribeý
- It's ten to ten [9:50] - s-sêýa ýacra çilla ýacra
- It's five to eleven [10:55] - s-sêýa xdaýc çilla kamse
- It's twelve noon [12:00] - s-sêýa tnaýc ið-ðohor
- It's twelve midnight [24:00] - s-sêýa tnaýc bil-leyl
Examples:
A new watch/clock - sêýa jdîde
Two seconds - taqtên
Ten seconds - ýacer sawêni
Five minutes - kams daçâyiç
Two hours - sêýtên
Three hours - tlitt sêýât
Twenty four hours - ýarbýa w-ýicrîn sêýa
Two days - yawmên
Four days - çarbaýt-iyyêm
Two weeks - jomýtên
Two and a half months - cahrên w-noşş
Two years - sintên
Three years - tlitt snîn
One hundred years - mît sine
Days of the week - çiyyêm il-çisbûý
Months of the year - chûr is-sine
At what time does the first class begin? - çayya sêýa biballic çawwal şaff?
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