أيام الأسبوع
The phrase "days of the week" in Arabic is أيام الأسبوع.
In formal Arabic, the names for the days of the week are derived from numbers, with the exception of Friday.
Did you know?
- The name for Friday, الجمعة (al-jumu'ah), literally means 'the gathering', referring to the communal prayer that happens every week.
- While Sunday is الأحد (al-ahad) meaning 'the first', many people in the Middle East live on a weekend that falls on Friday and Saturday rather than Saturday and Sunday.
- If you use the number 'one' to name a day, you use أحد (ahad), but if you use 'one' as a general number, you use واحد (wahid).
Examples in context
- أنا أحفظ أيام الأسبوع.ana ahfadh ayyam al-usbu'.I memorize the days of the week.
- ما هي أيام الأسبوع؟ma hiya ayyam al-usbu'?What are the days of the week?
Example conversation
Ahmed and Layla are talking about a school lesson.
- أحمد Ahmedهل درستِ أيام الأسبوع؟hal darasti ayyam al-usbu'?Did you study the days of the week?
- ليلى Laylaنعم، درستُها يا أحمد.na'am, darastuha ya Ahmad.Yes, I studied them, Ahmed.
- أحمد Ahmedهل هي سهلة؟hal hiya sahla?Are they easy?
- ليلى Laylaنعم، هي سهلة جداً.na'am, hiya sahla jiddan.Yes, they are very easy.
