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Time in Moroccan Arabic

To express time, we use the demonstrative pronoun hadi and the appropriate number with the definite article. This means that for 1:00, 5:00, 10:00, and 11:00, we will use the letter l (ل (before the number, while for the others, we will double the first consonant.

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Express time[edit | edit source]

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Express quarter, half etc.[edit | edit source]

Like in English, Arabic uses certain words to express things like “quarter to five,” “half past seven,” etc.

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Examples[edit | edit source]

Some examples of asking and answering about time:

English Pronunciation Moroccan Arabic
What time is it?  šнal hadi f s-saعa? الساعة؟ ف ديَه شحال 
It is exactly one o’clock.  hadi l-wнda nišan. .نيشان الوحدة ديَه 
It is five minutes past two.  hadi j-juj u qṣm. .قصم و الجوج ديَه 
It is ten minutes past three.  hadi t-tlata u qṣmayn. .ينَقصم و التلاتة ديَه 
It is twenty minutes past five.  hadi l-xmsa u tulut. تُلُت . و الخمسة ديَه 
It is seven thirty.  hadi s-sbعa u nṣ . .نص و السبعة ديَه 
It is eight thirty-five.  hadi tmnya u xmsa u tlatin. .تلاتين و خمسة و التمنية ديَه 
It is twenty minutes to nine.  hadi t-tsعud ql tulut. .تُلُت قل التسعود ديَه 
It is a quarter to ten.  hadi l-عšra lla rob. .بُرّ لا العشرة ديَه 
It is ten minutes to eleven  hadi l-нḍaš ql qsmayn. ̣ .ينَقصم قل الحضاش ديَه 

Sources[edit | edit source]

https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/PeaceCorps/Arabic-Moroccan/MO_Arabic_Language_Lessons.pdf

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