What’s the Arabic word for “rain”? How do explain that’s it really hot outside? Whether you’re traveling in an Arabic-speaking country or conversing with Arabic speakers closer to home, the Rocket Arabic team will teach you how to talk about the climate and the current weather conditions in Arabic.
We hope you don’t encounter any extreme weather, but to be on safe side we’ll teach you some words for that too. It’s good to be prepared and know what to expect, so let’s get started!
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Pronunciation help for talking about the weather in Arabic
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الجو ايه النهاردة؟
El gaw a el naharda?
What's the weather forecast for today?
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الجو ايه الاسبوع دة؟
El gaw a el esbou3 da?
What's the weather forecast for this week?
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ايه اخبار الجو؟
A a7'bar el gaw?
How's the weather?
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الجو عامل ايه؟
El gaw 3amel a?
What's the weather like?
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الجو برة عامل ايه؟
El gaw bara 3amel a?
What's it like outside?
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There are a lot of possible answers to that question. Here are the most common ones…
الجو دافي
El gaw dafy
It's warm
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الجو بارد
El gaw bared
It's cold
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الدنيا هواء
El denya hawa
It's windy
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الدنيا عاصفة
El denya 3asefa
It's stormy
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الجو سخن
El gaw so7'n
It's hot
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الدنيا شمس
El denya shams
It's sunny
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السماء صافية
El sama safya
It's clear
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الدنيا مغيمة
El denya me3'ayema
It's cloudy
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الجو جميل
El gaw gamil
It's nice
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الدنيا متلجة
El denya metalega
It's icy
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الجو رطوبة
El gaw retoba
It's humid
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You can use the word “awy” (very) for all of the above phrases to emphasize that it’s not just cold or warm, but very cold or very warm. For example:
الدنيت برد
El denya bard awy
It's very cold
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الجو دافي
El gaw dafy awy
It's very warm
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الجو سخن اوي
El gaw so7'n awy
It's very hot
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الدنيا متلجة اوي
El denya metalega awy
It's very icy
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When talking about rain you can use the following expressions …
الدنيا بتشتي
El denya beteshty
It's raining
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الدنيا شتاء
El denya sheta
It's rainy
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For a farmer rain might be all he needs, whereas a cricket team might be hoping for a sunny day. Here are some more general answers.
الجو كئيب
El gaw ka2ib.
It's miserable weather.
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الجو حلو
El gaw 7elw.
It's good weather.
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الجو وحش
El gaw we7esh.
It's bad weather.
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الجو جميل
El gaw gamil.
It's beautiful weather.
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الجو بشع
El gaw bashe3.
It's terrible weather.
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If you are planning to travel to Germany, Switzerland or Austria during the winter time, you’ll definitely need to know the next two sentences. Let me assure you, there will be plenty of opportunities to use them.
بتشتي تلج
Beteshty talg
It's snowing
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الدنيا ساقعة تلج
El denya sa23a talg
It's icy cold
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Here are some more words that describe certain weather conditions…
قوس قزح
Kos-kaza7
The rainbow
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تلج
talg
The hail
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الشتاء
El sheta
The rain
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الرعد
El ra3d
The thunder
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العاصفة الرعدية
El 3asefa el ra3deya
The thunderstorm
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البرق
El bar2
The lightning
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الزلزال
El zelzal
The earthquake
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العاصفة
El 3asefa
The storm
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الاعصار
El e3sar
The hurricane
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الحرارة
El 7arara
The temperature
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الضباب
El dubab
The fog
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الفيضان
El fyadan
The flood
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التلج
El talg
The ice
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التلج
El talg
The snow
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حتت تلج
7etat talg
The snowflake
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السحاب
El se7ab
The cloud
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That’s it for this lesson. I hope you enjoyed the lesson!
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- Improve your vocab with this lesson on pronouncing different animals in Arabic.
!مع السلامة (Ma3a essalama!) Goodbye!
Amira Zaki: Rocket Arabic
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