يوم (yawm) — "day" in Modern Standard Arabic
يوم
yawm
day
- Topic
- time
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
"day" in the other dialects
يوم in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
أمهم كانت تعد الفطور لهم كل يوم.
Ummuhum kanat tu'iddu al-futura lahum kulla yawm.
Their mother used to prepare breakfast for them every day.
يا خالد، هل يمكنك مساعدتي في اختيار وجبة سريعة من تطبيق "كرم الشام"، حيث أنني كمعلمة لغة عربية مرهقة جداً من تصحيح الامتحانات في شقتنا بحي الدقي في هذا اليوم الممطر؟
Ya Khalid, hal yumkinuka musa'adati fi ikhtiyar wajba sari'a min tatbiq "Karam Al-Sham", haythu annani kumu'allimat lugha 'arabiyya murhaqa jiddan min tashih al-imtihanat fi shaqqatina bihayy Al-Duqqi fi hadha al-yawm al-mumtir?
O Khalid, can you help me choose a fast meal from the "Karam Al-Sham" application, since I as an Arabic language teacher am very exhausted from grading the exams in our Al-Dokki neighborhood apartment on this rainy day?
كان لكل منهما قواعده الخاصة في التحضير لهذا اليوم
Kana li-kull minhuma qawa'iduhu al-khassa fi al-tahdir li-hadha al-yawm
Each of them had their own rules for preparing for this day.
بعد شهور من الجهد والاجتماعات المكثفة اقترب موعد اليوم المنتظر بفارغ الصبر
Ba'da shuhour min al-juhd wal-ijtima'at al-mukaththafah iqtaraba maw'id al-yawm al-muntazar bi-farigh al-sabr.
After months of intense effort and meetings, the eagerly awaited day approached.
أنا أحب قضاء الوقت مع عائلتي كل يوم
Ana uhibbu qada'a al-waqti ma'a 'ailati kull yawmin
I love spending time with my family every day
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