Level B1

Weather Patterns

9 words · ~12 min

Grammar focus

Describing weather with كانَ and impersonal constructions (الجوّ حار، تمطر)

Cultural note

Weather vocabulary in Arabic often reflects the desert climate, with many words for types of wind and heat

Lesson overview

Weather Patterns is a level B1 lesson of 9 words: 9 nouns. Its words come from 8 Arabic roots, listed below with links to each root family.

Builds on: Flora & Fauna (B1)
Leads to: Natural Elements (B1)

Word list

Arabic	Meaning	Type	Root
حِصَان ḥiṣān	horse	noun	ح-ص-ن
أَسَد asad	lion	noun	أ-س-د
فِيل fīl	elephant	noun	ف-ي-ل
سَمَكَة samaka	fish	noun	س-م-ك
نَجْمَة najma	star	noun	ن-ج-م
سَمَاء samāʾ	sky	noun	س-م-و
أَرْض arḍ	earth / land / ground	noun	أ-ر-ض
بُحَيرَة buḥayra	lake	noun	ب-ح-ر
مُحِيط muḥīṭ	ocean	noun	ح-و-ط

Themes these words belong to: Nature Weather (9), Quranic (2)

Sample word cards

حِصَان

ḥiṣān

horse

أَسَد

asad

lion

فِيل

fīl

elephant

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