Kifech naħkiew εal waqt

Talkhis

Fel warqa hedhi, nalqaw el qaweɛed elli nestaɛmlouhom fet Tounsi bech naħkiew ɛal waqt.

Taqsim

                                 x 12-------------------------------=
                                 x 6-----------------v              |
sigounda x 60 = dqiqa x 5 = draj x 3 = rboɛ seɛa x 2 = nos seɛa x 2 = seɛa x 24 = nhar
                      x 15-----------^               |              |
                      x 30---------------------------=              |
                      x 60------------------------------------------=

Qrayet el waqt

Sweyeɛ Noumrou Dqayeq
madhi seɛa 1 / 13 w draj
madhi seɛtin 2 / 14 w darjin
madhi thletha 3 / 15 w rboɛ
larbɛa 4 / 16 w arbɛa
el khmasa 5 / 17 w khamsa
es setta 6 / 18 w nos
es sabɛa 7 / 19 w sabɛa
eth thmanya 8 / 20 ghir arbɛa
et tesɛa 9 / 21 ghir rboɛ
el ɛachra 10 / 22 ghir darjin
laħdech 11 / 23 ghir draj
lanthnach 12 / 00 -

Bech naqraw el waqt, nontqou esweyaɛ w baɛd ed dqayed. Mithel: 13:35 -> madhi seɛa w sabɛa.

Fet Tounsi, mafamech farq bin el waqt fis sbeħ (bin nos ellil w nos nhar) wel waqt fil lil (bin nos nhar w nos ellil). Ki yabda famma risk mteɛ takhlit, nzidou "mteɛ esbeħ", "mteɛ laɛchya" wala "mteɛ ellil" bech nfarqou :

                       Lil
+------------------------<+
|                         |
00      3|4     11|12   19|20	
|        |        |       |
+>-------+>-------+>------+
 Sbeħ /   Sbeħ     Ɛchya
 Lil

Fi barcha lahjet, lathnach yqouloulha "nos nhar" wala "nos ellil" (ħasb el waqt). Ama eth thletha sweyeɛ elli baɛd nos ellil (1 - 3), ennajmou nqouloulhom, ħasb el contekst, "mteɛ esbeħ" wala "mteɛ ellil".