0. Daily routine and time
By Ghizlane Lafdi

1. Lesson objectives In this lesson we will learn:
To talk about our daily routine
To say time in Arabic
To use some linking words

2. Daily routine = al’a3maal alyawmiyya = الأعْمَال الْيَوْمِيَّة
يَنهضُ = yanhadu
To wake up
يَلْبسُ = yalbasu
To wear
يَأْكُلُ = ya’kulu
To eat
يَذْهَبُ = yadhabu
To go

3. يَرْجِعُ= Yarje3u يَنَامُ= yanaamu To return To paly
Yal3abu =يَلْعَبُ
To paly
يَرْجِعُ= Yarje3u
To return
ya3malu alwaDaa’if = يَعْمَلُ الْوَظَائِف
To do homework
يَنَامُ= yanaamu
To sleep
Yushaahidu attilfaz = يُشَاهِدُ التِّلْفَاز
To watch TV

4. Test your memory by putting the right verb under the right picture
To wear =
To eat =
To wake up =
To go =
yadhabu yastayqiDu ya’kulu yalbasu

5. To return =
To do homework =
To paly =
To watch TV =
To sleep =
yushaahidu attilfaaz yarji3u ya3malu alwaDaa’if – yanaamu yal3abu

6. Useful words and phrases
malaabis clothes
(wajbat) alfuTuur breakfast (meal )
(wajbat) alghadaa’ lunch (meal)
(wajbat) al3ashaa’ dinner (meal)
ilaa to
ma3a with
bayt house/home
SabaaHan am
ba3da DDuhr afternoon
masaa’an pm
thumma then
ba3da daalik after that

7. How would you say the following sentences in Arabic?
I wake up
I wear clothes
You eat (female)
You return home (male)
You go to school (female)
You play (male)
We do homework
We watch TV
She sleeps

8. kam(i) assaa3a=كَمِ السَّاعَة؟
What time is it?

9. الْوَاحِدَة alwaaHida 1o’clock
الثَّانِيَة aththaaniya 2 o’clock
الثَّالِثَة aththaalitha 3 o’clock
الرَّابِعَة arraabi3a 4 o’clock
الخَامِسَة alkhaamisa 5 o’clock
السَّادِسَة assaadisa 6 o’clock
السَّابِعَة assaabi3a 7 o’clock
الثَّامِنَة aththaamina 8 o’clock
التَّاسِعَة attaasi3a 9 o’clock
الْعَاشِرَة al3aashira 10 o’clock
الْحَادِيَةَ عَشَر alHadiyata 3ashar 11 o’clock
الثَّانِيَةَ عَشَر aththaaniyata 3ashar 12 o’clock

10. 12 11 1 2 10 9 3 8 4 7 5 6 …illaa khams daqaa’iq = Five minutes to…
…wa khams daqaa’iq =
Five minutes past …
…illaa 3ashr daqaa’iq =
Ten minutes to…
…wa 3ashr daqaa’iq =
Ten minutes past … 12 11 1 2 10
…illaa rrub3 =
Quarter to…
…wa rrub3 =
Quarter past… 9 3 8 4
…wa 3ishruun daqiiqa =
20 minutes past…
…illaa 3ishruun daqiiqa =
20 minutes to… 7 5 6
…illaa khams wa 3ishruun daqiiqa =
25 minutes to…
…wa khams wa 3ishruun daqiiqa =
25 minutes past…
…wa nniSf =
Half past…

11. kami (a)ssaa3a=كَمِ السَّاعَة؟
What time is it? 12 11 1 2 10 9 3 8 4 7 5 6
Assaa3a aththaalitha = السَّاعَة الثَّالِثَة
3 o’clock

12. kami (a)ssaa3a=كَمِ السَّاعَة؟
What time is it? 12 11 1 2 10 9 3 8 4 7 5 6
assaa3a aththaalitha wa khams daqaa’iq
السَّاعَة الثَّالِثَة وَخَمْس دَقَائِق
Five past three

13. kami (a)ssaa3a=كَمِ السَّاعَة؟
What time is it? 12 11 1 10 2 9 3 8 4 7 5 6

14. Kami assaa3a=كَمِ السَّاعَة؟
What time is it? 12 11 1 10 2 9 3 8 4 7 5 6

15. Kami assaa3a=كَمِ السَّاعَة؟
What time is it? 12 11 1 10 2 9 3 8 4 7 5 6

16. Kami assaa3a=كَمِ السَّاعَة؟
What time is it? 12 11 1 10 2 9 3 8 4 7 5 6

17. Kami assaa3a=كَمِ السَّاعَة؟
What time is it? 12 11 1 10 2 9 3 8 4 7 5 6

18. Kami assaa3a=كَمِ السَّاعَة؟
What time is it? 12 11 1 10 2 9 3 8 4 7 5 6

19. alHayaat alyawmiyya = الْحَيَاة الْيَوْمِيَّة Daily routine
أَسْتَيْقِظُ فِي السَّاعَة السَّابِعَة صَبَاحًا
astayqiDu fii assaa3a assaabi3a SabaaHan
I wake up at 7 am

20. How would you say the following sentences in Arabic?
I eat breakfast at 8:10
I wake up at 7:30 am
I wear clothes at 7:45
I return home at 3:40 a
I go to school at 8:30
I play with my friend at school
I do homework at 6:00 pm
I watch TV at 8:15
I sleep at 10 pm

21. Listening 1- Fatima wakes up at 6.00am
Listen to the audio about Fatima’s daily routine and correct the following statements
1- Fatima wakes up at 6.00am
2- After breakfast, Fatima goes to school
3- Fatima goes to school by car
4- Fatima returns home at 3.30pm
5- When she returns home, she has dinner
6- She sleeps at 10:00pm

22. Homework
Write, in the Arabic script , about your daily routine or about a member of your family’s daily routine.