Levantine Arabic/Date
Days
edit| يوم yōm | day |
| إيام 'iyyām / أيام 'ayyām | days |
| اليوم il-yōm | today |
| مبارح mbēreḥ / mbāreḥ | yesterday |
| أول مبارح 'awwal mbēreḥ/mbāreḥ | day before yesterday |
| بكرة bukra | tomorrow |
| بعد بكرة baʕd bukra | day after tomorrow |
| بعد تلات إيام baʕd tlāt 'iyyām (N) بعد تلت ايام baʕd talatt iyyām (S) |
in three days |
| قبل ... إيام 'abᵉl ... (')iyyām من ... ايام min ... (')iyyām |
... days ago |
مبارح (mbēreḥ/mbāreḥ) is one of the few words that is often pronounced with "ē" even in South Levantine.
In South Levantine the numbers have a special form before a few words including the plural form of "days" and "months". A "t" sound is added and the hamza is removed from the next word.
Weeks
edit| أسبوع 'usbūʕ / جمعة jumʕa | week |
| أسابيع 'asābīʕ / جمع jumaʕ | weeks |
| هالأسبوع hal-'usbūʕ هادا/هيدا الأسبوع hāda/hayda l-'usbūʕ |
this week |
| الأسبوع الجاي il-'usbūʕ il-jāy | next week (lit. "the coming week") |
| الأسبوع الماضي il-'usbūʕ il-māḍi | last week (lit. "the past week") |
Days of the weeks
edit| الأحد il-aḥad | Sunday |
| التنين it-tanēn / il-ᵉtnēn | Monday |
| التلاتا il-talāta | Tuesday |
| الأربعا il-'irbʕa (N) / il-'arbʕa (S) | Wednesday |
| الخميس il-ḫamīs | Thursday |
| الجمعة il-jumʕa | Friday |
| السبت is-sabᵉt | Saturday |
Months
editIn colloquial speech, the names of the months are often replaced by cardninal numbers.
| Number | Month name | |
|---|---|---|
| شهر šahᵉr | month | |
| أشهر 'ašhor | months | |
| 1 | كانون التاني kānūn it-tāni | Janurary |
| 2 | شباط šbāṭ | February |
| 3 | أذار 'azār / أدار 'adār | March |
| 4 | نيسان nīsān | April |
| 5 | أيار 'ayyār | May |
| 6 | حزيران ḥazīrān | June |
| 7 | تموز tammūz | July |
| 8 | آب 'āb | August |
| 9 | أيلول 'ēlūl | September |
| 10 | تشرين الأول tišrīn il-'awwal | October |
| 11 | تشرين التاني tišrīn it-tāni | November |
| 12 | كانون الأول kānūn il-'awwal | December |
Seasons
edit| فصل faṣᵉl | season |
| ربيع rabīʕ | spring |
| صيف ṣēf | summer |
| خريف ḫarīf | autumn |
| شتا šite (N) / šita (S) | winter |
Years
edit| سنة sine (N) / sane (S) | year |
| سنين snīn | years |