The weekend is the second half of Thursday
and all of Friday.
il-yoom – today
il-baari7a or ams – yesterday
gabil il-baari7a or ams il-awwal or awwal ams – day before yesterday
baachir – tomorrow (you migh hear also 'bukra'
which is not a typically Gulf Arabic word, as it comes from Syrian
and Egyptian Arabic, via TV soap operas, etc.)
ba3ad baachir – day after tomorrow
fi-n-nahaar – during daytime (‘nahaar’ is the
light part of the 24-hour cycle)
bi-l-layl or just il-layl – at night (‘layl’
is the dark part of the 24-hour cycle)
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