Understanding days of the week in Arabic language is one of the basics in the knowledge of beginners that you need to understand it and master it early on in your language learning journey. The good news is that the rules for the days of the week in Arabic are clear as well.
If you don’t know about months in Arabic language you can refer to our post "Arabic Months”.
In this post the learner will be able to learn the following:
Ø Days of the week in Arabic language
Ø How to say day/week in Arabic language?
Ø How to say last Friday?
Ø How to say next Friday?
Ø How to say on Friday?
Ø How to say every day, every week, every Friday?
Ø Interesting facts about weekend days in Arab countries
|
English |
Arabic |
Transliteration |
|
Sunday |
الأحد |
Al-aHad |
|
Monday |
الاثنين |
al-ithnayn |
|
Tuesday |
الثلاثاء |
Ath-thulaatha’ |
|
Wednesday |
لأربعاء |
Al-arbi3aa’ |
|
Thursday |
الخميس |
Al-khamees |
|
Friday |
جمعة |
Al-Jumua |
|
Saturday |
السبت |
As-Sabt |
In this sub-section the student is going to learn how to say day/week in Arabic language.
|
English |
Arabic |
Transliteration |
|
Day |
يوم |
Yawm |
|
Days |
أيام |
Ayyaam |
|
Week |
أسبوع |
Usboo3 |
|
Weeks |
أسابيع |
Asaabii3 |
In the Arabic language to be able to say last Friday/wednesday/monday etc an individual will be needed to add word the last which is الماضي (al-maaDy) after the name of the day of the week. For example:
|
English |
Arabic |
Transliteration |
|
Last Sunday |
الأحد الماضي |
Al-aHad al-maaDy |
|
Last Tuesday |
الثلاثاء الماضي |
althulatha' al-maaDy |
|
Last Thursday |
الخميس الماضي |
Al-khamees al-maaDy |
To be able to say next Friday/Wednesday/Monday etc. You will be required to add word the next which is القادم (al-qaadem). For example:
|
English |
Arabic |
Transliteration |
|
Next Thursday |
الخميس القادم |
Al-khamees al-qaadem |
|
Next Friday |
الجمعة القادمة |
Al-Jumua al-qaadem |
|
Next Sunday |
الاحدالقادم |
Al-aHad al-qaadem |
For the learner to be able to say on Friday/Monday/Tuesday etc, the student or learner will be needed to add the word day before the day of the week. The word day, as you remember from the beginning of this post is يوم (yawm). For example:
|
English |
Arabic |
Transliteration |
|
On Monday |
يوم الاثنين |
yawm aliathnayn |
|
On Wednesday |
يوم الاربعاء |
yawm aliarbiea' |
|
On Friday |
يوم الجمعة |
yawm aljumuea |
Besides, the learner can also add preposition في (fee) - in/on/during. Example:
في يوم الاثنين - on the day of Monday --> on Monday.
For the learner to be able to say every day/week/Friday etc. He/she will be needed to add the word every which is كل (kul). For example:
|
English |
Arabic |
Transliteration |
|
Every day |
كل يوم |
kula yawm |
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Every week |
كل اسبوع |
kulu ausbue |
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Every Friday |
كل جمعة |
Kul jumuaa |
|
Every Tuesday |
كل ثلاثاء |
kulu thulatha' |
Note: it is important for the learner to understand that in order to day every Friday/Sunday/Monday etc. You will be required to skip the definite article آل
If it happened that you get the opportunity to travel to Arab countries you will realize that the most important day of the week is Friday. This is because Friday for Muslims is a sacred day of worship.
The word Friday in Arabic language it means the day of congregation. Every Friday Muslims are going to the mosque to listen to the sermon and pray Friday prayer.
In Arab countries the working days of the week are from Sunday to Thursday and the weekend is from Friday to Saturday, where Friday is the main day off.
Long time ago weekend used to fall on Thursday to Friday (for example in Somalia and Yemen still weekend is on Thursday and Friday). However, most of the countries switched to Friday-Saturday, while other countries recently they started their weekend on Saturday and Sunday so that they can in line with global markets.
Countries which have already switched their weekend to Saturday and Sunday are Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco, and the latest one was United Arab Emirates. Countries such as Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Egypt etc observe their weekend on Friday and Saturday.
