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Twenty past
والثلث
Half past
والنصف
To say ’to’ in Arabic, we use ‘إلا which comes after the hour, so ‘quarter to three’ in Arabic would literally be ‘three o’clock less a quarter’ الساعة الثالثة إلا الربع
To
إلا
Five to
إلا خمس دقائق
Ten to
إلا عشر دقائق
Quarter to
إلا الربع
Twenty to
إلا الثلث
NOTE
We don't use neither the a.m./p.m. system nor the 24-hour military clock, when giving the time, you need to specify the time of day by actually saying what part of the day it is.
Here are the different times of day you’re likely to use:
الصباح
(morning, from sunrise to 11:59 a.m.)