يوم الأحد
yoom il-aHad – Sunday
يوم الإثنين
yoom il-ithneyn – Monday
يوم الثلاثاء
yoom il-thulathaa – Tuesday
يوم الأربعاء
yoom il-arbi^a – Wednesday
يوم الخميس
yoom il-xamiis – Thursday
يوم الجمعة
yoom il-jum^a
(in more relaxed speech: yoom il-yim^a ) – Friday
يوم السبت
yoom is-sabt – Saturday
The weekend is Friday and Saturday. Sundays are workdays.
اليوم
il-yoom – today
البارحة
il-baariHa or أمس ams – yesterday
قبل البارحة
gabil il-baariHa or أمس الأول ams il-awwal or أول أمس awwal ams – day before yesterday
باجر
baachir – tomorrow (you might hear also بكرا bukra which is not a typically Gulf Arabic word, as it comes from Syrian and Egyptian Arabic, via TV soap operas, etc.)
بعد باكر
ba^ad baachir – day after tomorrow
في النهار fi-n-nahaar – during daytime (nahaar is the light part of the 24-hour cycle)
بالليل bi-l-layl or just الليل il-layl – at night (layl is the dark part of the 24-hour cycle)
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