Learn words about the weather
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| Peryhan: Hi everyone, this is Peryhan and this is the Egyptian Arabic weekly words. Today’s lesson is about the weather. So let’s get started. |
| حر جداً/ حار جِدّاً |
| “extremely hot” |
| حار جِدّاً |
| which means “extremely hot” and in the dialect, it’s |
| حر جداً |
| ḥar ǧeddan |
| So you can say... |
| .الجالجو في الصحرا حر جداً |
| ālǧaw fī el-ṣaḥarā ḥar ǧeddan. |
| “The weather in the desert is extremely hot.” |
| رطوبة/رَطِب |
| “humid” |
| رَطِب |
| “humid “and in the dialect Arabic, it’s |
| رطوبة |
| ruṭūbah |
| For example, you can say.. |
| .جو مصر مفهوش رطوبة كتير |
| ǧaw maṣr mafhūš ruṭūbah ktīr. |
| which means “The weather in Egypt is not very humid.” |
| هوا/هَواء |
| “wind” |
| هَواء |
| - “wind” or in the Egyptian dialect it’s |
| هوا - hawaā |
| So you can say.. |
| .النهارده الهوا شديد جداً |
| ālnahārdah el-hawā šdīd ǧeddan. |
| “Today the wind is very strong.” |
| سما صافية/سماء صافِيَة |
| “clear sky” |
| سماء صافِيَة |
| “clear sky” or in the Egyptian dialect |
| سما صافية |
| samā ṣāfeyah |
| For example, you can say.. |
| .السما صافية زي البحر |
| ālsamā ṣāfyah zay el-baḥr. |
| which means “The sky is as clear as the sea.” |
| مغيم/غائم |
| “cloudy” |
| غائم |
| - “cloudy” and in the dialect Arabic, it’s |
| مغيم |
| mġayyem |
| So for example, you can say... |
| .الجو مغيم, شكلها هتمطر |
| ālǧaw mġayyem, šaklahā hatmaṭṭar. |
| which means “The sky is so cloudy. It seems as if it’s going to rain.” |
| And that’s it for today. Thank you for listening. I hope it was fun. Why don’t you comment below about what is the weather like now and please subscribe and check out our websites. Bye bye. |
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