4/27/18

Time Expressions



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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Ordinal Numbers


Ordinal Numbers:


  • first - çawwal (çawle)
  • second - têni (tênye)
  • third - têlit (têlte)
  • fourth - râbiý (râbýa)
  • fifth - kêmis (kêmse)
  • sixth - sêdis (sêdse)
  • seventh - sêbiý (sêbýa)
  • eighth - têmin (têmne)
  • ninth - têsiý (têsýa)
  • tenth - ýâcir (ýâcra)
  • last - çêkir


Examples:


The first year - çawwal sine/s-sine l-çawle
The third time - têlit marra/l-marra t-têlte
The tenth day - ýacir yôm/l-yôm l-ýacir
The last floor - çêkir ţâbiç/ţ-ţâbiç l-çêkir

Notes:


  • Ordinal numbers are invariable when placed before a noun, but they must agree in gender when placed after. 
  • Ordinal numbers after 'tenth' are not used in Lebanese Arabic, they are replaced by the word 'Number - raçem' followed by a cardinal number, e.g. 'the eleventh man - rijjêl raçem xdaýc'.


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3/15/18

Cardinal Numbers


Cardinal Numbers:


  • 0 - şifer
  • 1 - wâxad
  • 2 - tnên
  • 3 - tlête [tlitt/tlatt]
  • 4 - çarbýa [çarbaý]
  • 5 - kamse [kams]
  • 6 - sitte [sitt]
  • 7 - sabýa [sabaý]
  • 8 - tmêne/tmênye [tminn/tmann]
  • 9 - tisýa [tisaý]
  • 10 - ýacra [ýacer]
  • 11 - xdaýc [xdaýcar]
  • 12 - tnaýc [tnaýcar]
  • 13 - tliţţaýc [tliţţaýcar]
  • 14 - çarbaýţaýc [çarbaýţaýcar]
  • 15 - kamsţaýc [kamsţaýcar]
  • 16 - siţţaýc [siţţaýcar]
  • 17 - sabaýţaýc [sabaýţaýcar]
  • 18 - tminţaýc [tminţaýcar]
  • 19 - tisaýţaýc [tisaýţaýcar]
  • 20 - ýicrîn
  • 21 - waxda w-ýicrîn
  • 22 - tnêna w-ýicrîn
  • 23 - tlêta w-ýicrîn
  • 24 - ýarbýa w-ýicrîn
  • 25 - kamsa w-ýicrîn
  • 26 - sitta w-ýicrîn
  • 27 - sabýa w-ýicrîn
  • 28 - tmêna w-ýicrîn
  • 29 - tisýa w-ýicrîn
  • 30 - tlitîn
  • 40 - çarbýîn
  • 50 - kamsîn
  • 60 - sittîn
  • 70 - sabýîn
  • 80 - tmênîn
  • 90 - tisýîn
  • 100 - miyye [mît]
  • 200 - mîtên
  • 300 - tlitt miyye/tlatt miyye
  • 400 - çarbaý miyye
  • 500 - kams miyye
  • 600 - sitt miyye
  • 700 - sabaý miyye
  • 800 - tminn miyye/tmann miyye
  • 900 - tisaý miyye
  • 1,000 - çalf
  • 2,000 - çalfên
  • 3,000 - tlitt-âlêf/tlatt-âlêf
  • 4,000 - çarbaýt-âlêf
  • 5,000 - kamst-âlêf
  • 6,000 - sitt-âlêf
  • 7,000 - sabaýt-âlêf
  • 8,000 - tminnt-âlêf/tmannt-âlêf
  • 9,000 - tisaýt-âlêf
  • 10,000 - ýacert-âlêf
  • 11,000 - xdaýcar çalf
  • 20,000 - ýicrîn çalf
  • 100,000 - mît-alf
  • 200,000 - mîtên çalf
  • 300,000 - tlitt mît-alf/tlatt mît-alf
  • 400,000 - çarbaý mît-alf
  • 500,000 - kams mît-alf
  • 600,000 - sitt mît-alf
  • 700,000 - sabaý mît-alf
  • 800,000 - tminn mît-alf/tmann mît-alf
  • 900,000 - sabaý mît-alf
  • 1 million - malyûn
  • 2 million - malyûnên
  • 3 million - tlitt mlêyîn/tlatt mlêyîn
  • 4 million - çarbaý mlêyîn
  • 1 billion - milyâr
  • Number - raçem {çarçâm}


Examples:


One dog - qalb
Two dogs - qalbên
Five dogs - kams qlêb
Eleven dogs - xdaýcar qalb
Twenty dogs - ýicrîn qalb
Days - çiyyêm
Five days - kamst-iyyêm

Rules:


  • Numbers between 3 and 10 follow the plural form of the noun they modify.
  • Numbers from 11 and higher follow the singular form of the noun they modify.
  • Numbers 3 to 19 have special construct forms (See numbers between brackets).
  • Numbers 3 to 10 drop the 'a' or 'e' suffix in construct forms, however, a connective t is used when these numbers modify any plural nouns beginning with the letter 'ç'.
  • Numbers between 11 and 19 take 'ar' before the noun they modify.
  • A thousand 'çalf' changes to 'çâlêf' from numbers 3 to 10.


The Arabic numeral system


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