Egyptian Arabic A1, Unit 13: Every day, morning and evening

Every day, morning and evening

Egyptian Arabic A1 · Unit 13

GoalSay when you do things with time words.

New words

كُلّ يَوْم (kull yōm) · every dayالصُّبْح (iṣ-ṣubḥ) · in the morningالضُّهْر (iḍ-ḍuhr) · at noonبِاللَّيْل (billēl) · at nightبَعْدِين (baʿdēn) · then, laterدِلْوَقْتِي (dilwaʾti) · nowالسَّاعَة سَبْعَة (is-sāʿa sabʿa) · at seven o'clock

Explanation

Time words tell us when. Put them at the start or at the end of the sentence: الصُّبْح بَشْرَب شَاي or بَشْرَب شَاي الصُّبْح. كُلّ يَوْم means «every day», and بِاللَّيْل means «at night». Use بَعْدِين to put actions in order. For a clock time, say السَّاعَة and a number. In الصُّبْح and الضُّهْر, ال changes to match the next sound: iṣ-ṣubḥ, iḍ-ḍuhr.

Time	Say	Example
morning	الصُّبْح	الصُّبْح بَشْرَب شَاي
noon	الضُّهْر	الضُّهْر بَاكُل
night	بِاللَّيْل	بِاللَّيْل بَنَام
every day	كُلّ يَوْم	كُلّ يَوْم بَذَاكِر

Worked examples

Hana

إِنْتَ بِتِشْتَغَل كُلّ يَوْم؟

Omar

أَيْوَه، الصُّبْح بَرُوح الشَّرِكَة وِبَعْدِين بَرُوح البَيْت.

Hana

وِبِاللَّيْل؟

Omar

بِاللَّيْل بَذَاكِر وِبَنَام.

Hana asks Omar about his day. Press each line.

Three habits. Press each card.

Class activity

Write your day in five lines. Use الصُّبْح، الضُّهْر، بِاللَّيْل and بَعْدِين. Read your lines aloud, then change «I» to «he» or «she» and read them again.

Practice

Say «at night I sleep».

What does كُلّ يَوْم mean?

The picture shows the morning. Say «in the morning I drink coffee».

The picture shows noon. Say «at noon he eats».

Press Listen. Which time word do you hear?

Daily routine: the present tense

Every day, morning and evening