Learn days of the week in Arabic language including adverbs of time
It is important to learn the days of the week in Arabic if you are scheduling a meeting or a date. The week in the Arab world begins on Sunday. The days from Monday to Thursday are named after numbers “one”, “two”,” three” “four”, and “five”.
Friday -the Muslim holiday and official weekend for Arabs- literally means “the day of gathering” while Saturday means “the Sabbath”.
days of the week in Arabic :
In this table you learn about the days of the week with some examples:
| Arabic | English | pronunciation | |
| 1 | يوم الأحد | Sunday | Yawm al’ahad |
| أريد أن أذهب للتسوق يوم الأحد. | I want to go shopping on Sunday. | Uridu an athhaba littasawuq yawm al’ahad. | |
| 2 | يوم الاثنين | Monday | Yawm al’ithnayn |
| الاثنين هو يوم إغلاق المتاحف. | Monday is the traditional day of closure for museums. | Al’ithnayn huwa yawmu ighlaq almatahif. | |
| 3 | يوم الثلاثاء | Tuesday | Yawm athulathaa’ |
| دعونا نجتمع صباح الثلاثاء. | Let’s meet on Tuesday morning. | Daa’una najtame’ sabaha athulathaa’. | |
| 4 | يوم الأربعاء | Wednesday | Yawm al’arbiaa’ |
| لدي درس في اللغة العربية كل يوم أربعاء. | I have an Arabic lesson every Wednesday. | Ladaya darson fi allughati al’arabia kulla yawmi arbiaa’. | |
| 5 | يوم الخميس | Thursday | Yawm alkhamis |
| هناك فيلم جديد سيعرض يوم الخميس. | There is a new movie that will be shown on Thursday. | Hunaka filmon jadid sayu’eradu yawma alkhamis. | |
| 6 | يوم الجمعة | Friday | Yawm aljum’aa. |
| نحب أن نلتقي بأصدقائنا كل يوم جمعة. | We love to meet our friends each Friday. | Nuhibbu an naltaqi bi’asdiqa’yina kulla yawmi jum’aa. | |
| 7 | يوم السبت | Saturday | Yawm assabt |
| هل تخطط للذهاب في نزهة يوم السبت؟ | Are you planning to go on a picnic on Saturday? | Hal tukhattitu lithahabi fi nuzha yawm assabt? |
The word Yawm يوم means day and is sometimes dropped.
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The most used adverbs of time in Arabic :
Sometimes we need to set an appointment without using the days of the week. How to say tomorrow, today, or yesterday? The answer is in the next table:
| Arabic | English | pronunciation | |
| 1 | أمس | yesterday | Ams |
| لقد أمطرت الأمس. | It rained yesterday. | Lagad amtarat al’ams. | |
| 2 | اليوم | Today | Alyawm |
| هل ستذهب إلى العمل اليوم؟ | Are you going to work today? | Hal satathhab ilaa al’amal alyawm? | |
| 3 | غداً | tomorrow | ghdaan |
| هل سنلتقي غداً؟ | Shall we meet tomorrow? | Hal sanaltaqi ghadan? | |
| 4 | بعد غد | the day after tomorrow | ba’da ghad |
| سأسافر إلى فرنسا بعد غد. | I will travel to France the day after tomorrow. | Sa’usafiru ilaa faransa ba’da ghad. | |
| 5 | الأسبوع القادم | next week | Al’usbuu’ alqadim |
| سأبدأ بالعمل الأسبوع القادم. | I will start working next week. | Sa’abdaa’u bit’amal al’usbuu’ alqadim. | |
| 6 | الشهر القادم | next month | ashahr alqadim |
| يجب أن تذهب إلى نيويورك الشهر القادم. | You shall go to New York next month. | Yajibu an tathhaba ilaa New York ashahr alqadim. | |
| 8 | الأسبوع الفائت | last week | Al’usbuu’ alfa’et |
| هل مارست الرياضة الأسبوع الفائت؟ | Did you exercise last week? | Hal marasata arriyada al’usbuu’ alfa’et? | |
| 9 | الشهر الفائت | last month | ashahr alfa’et |
| لقد تخرجت الشهر الفائت. | I graduated last month. | laqad takharrajtu ashahr alfa’et. |
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