Dad: Yeah az-zuwaarah ('the family visit') was great, everyone was there, but we didn't have any desert, kul-ah min ('all because of') Theyab.
Abroad Student: Typical lol. aguul, mitaa gaym of thrawn? ('by the way, when's Game of Thrones?')
Dad: Hmm, I think at 8pm.
Abroad Student: tawqiit wayn?
Dad: Let me check. 8pm tawqiit baws6uun, which means 4am tawqiit-naa.
Abroad Student: Cool. So, khal-naa nsawii skaayb as-saa3ah 5 tawqiit-ik ('let's Skype at 5am') just after the show finishes and before you go to work.
Abroad Student: Typical lol. aguul, mitaa gaym of thrawn? ('by the way, when's Game of Thrones?')
Dad: Hmm, I think at 8pm.
Abroad Student: tawqiit wayn?
Dad: Let me check. 8pm tawqiit baws6uun, which means 4am tawqiit-naa.
Abroad Student: Cool. So, khal-naa nsawii skaayb as-saa3ah 5 tawqiit-ik ('let's Skype at 5am') just after the show finishes and before you go to work.
Dad: Sure. So anyway, khal-nii akamil-ik ('let me continue'). Finally Theyab came with the kunaafah (Levantine cheese pastry soaked in syrup) while we were putting on our pyjamas but everyone has already gone so I told him tawqiit-ik sayyi2 ya 3amii ('your timing sucks, bro').
Arabic
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Pronounced?
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English
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وين توقيت؟
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tawqiit wayn?
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which time zone?
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توقيتي
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tawqiit-ii
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my time
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توقيتك
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tawqiit-ik
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your time (>m)
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توقيتچ
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tawqiit-ich
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your time (>f)
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توقيتكم
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tawqiit-kum
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your time (>pl)
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توقيتنا
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tawqiit-naa
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our time
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توقيتهم
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tawqiit-hum
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their time
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توقيت بوسطن
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tawqiit baws6un
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Boston time
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توقيتك سء يا عمي
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tawqiit-ik sayyi2 ya 3ammii
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your timing sucks, bro
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