Arabic for English speakers House · Lesson 0

Talking about the weather being cloudy

Egyptian Arabic для cloudy weather — and possible rain.

Conversation

  1. Honey Honey

    الجو مغييم أوي

    ilgaw mighayyim awi

    It's very cloudy

    Tip: mighayyim = Cloudy

  2. Yennifer Yennifer

    أعتقد هتمطر

    a3taqid hatmattar

    I guess it's going to rain

  3. Honey Honey

    أيوه، متنساش تاخد شمسية معاك وأنت خارج

    Aiwa, matinsash takhoud shamsiyya ma3ak wi inta kharig

    Yeah, don't forget to take an umbrella if you're going out.

    Tip: 1) "Yinsa" is to forget 2) The way negation works for the imperative form is by adding "Ma" at the beginning of the verb conjugation and "Sh" and the end, like this example here: Matinsash = Don't forget

  4. Yennifer Yennifer

    أكيد

    Akid

    Sure

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

Egyptian Arabic для cloudy?

الجو مغيم (the weather is cloudy). غيم = clouds.

How do you say 'it might rain'?

ممكن يجيب مطر (yumkin yegeeb matar) = 'rain might come'. ممكن = it's possible / may.

Egyptian Arabic для weather conditions?

شمس (sun), مغيم (cloudy), مطر (rain), ريح (wind), ضباب (fog), رعد (thunder).

Test yourself

Pick the English translation for each line from this lesson. Wrong answers are pulled from other Arabic lessons.

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