🔤 Grammar
Days & telling time
The Arabic days of the week are built from numbers. الأحد = 'the first', الاثنين = 'the second', and so on. الجمعة (Friday) has a special name — it means 'the gathering'.
Conjugation tables
Days of the week
| Arabic | Translit | English |
|---|---|---|
| الأحد | al-aḥad | Sunday |
| الاثنين | al-ithnayn | Monday |
| الثلاثاء | ath-thulāthāʾ | Tuesday |
| الأربعاء | al-arbiʿāʾ | Wednesday |
| الخميس | al-khamīs | Thursday |
| الجمعة | al-jumʿa | Friday |
| السبت | as-sabt | Saturday |
💡 Friday is the day of communal prayer and a rest day across much of the Arab world.
Examples
- كم الساعة؟ — الساعة الثالثة والنصف.kam s-sāʿa? — s-sāʿatu th-thālitha wa-n-niṣf.What time is it? — Half past three.
- أراك غداً صباحاً.arāka ghadan ṣabāḥan.See you tomorrow morning.
Practice
Match each day to its English name.
Tap a english below, then tap the arabic it belongs to — or drag it.
Arabic
English