Learn how to talk about the weather
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| Let’s take a closer look at the conversation. |
| Do you remember how Maria asks, |
| "How is the weather?" |
| ¿Cómo está el clima? |
| First is cómo, "how." Cómo (enunciated). Cómo. |
| Next is está, "is," as in "How is." Está (enunciated). Está. |
| Está is from the verb, estar, "to be." Estar. |
| Next is el clima, "the weather." El clima. |
| Let’s start with clima, "weather." Clima (enunciated). Clima. |
| In Spanish, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Clima is masculine and singular — a fact which will determine the form of other words in the sentence. |
| Note: a general rule of thumb is that nouns that end in -a are feminine; however, there are exceptions to the rule, as in the case of clima. |
| Before clima is the article, el. Think of it like "the" in English. El (enunciated). El. |
| El is also masculine and singular to agree with clima. |
| Together it's el clima, "the weather." El clima. |
| All together, it's ¿Cómo está el clima? Literally, "How is the weather?" ¿Cómo está el clima? |
| Let's take a closer look at the response. |
| Do you remember how Karen says, |
| "It’s raining." |
| Está lloviendo. |
| First is está, literally, "is," but translates as "It’s," in this context. Está (enunciated). Está. |
| Next is lloviendo, "raining." Lloviendo (enunciated). Lloviendo. |
| Lloviendo is from the verb llover, meaning "to rain." Llover. |
| Together, Está lloviendo, translating as, "It’s raining." Está lloviendo. |
| Note: the corresponding Spanish word for "it" is understood from context. |
| The pattern is |
| Está WEATHER CONDITION. |
| "It’s WEATHER CONDITION." |
| Está WEATHER CONDITION. |
| To use this pattern, simply replace the {weather condition} placeholder with a suitable word that describes a weather condition. |
| Note: this pattern requires a gerund form to complete the present continuous verb tense. This includes nevando, “snowing,” which is from the verb, nevar, “to snow,” or granizando, “hailing,” which is from the verb, granizar, “to hail.” |
| Imagine you are in a very cold place, and it's "snowing." Nevando. Nevando (enunciated). Nevando. |
| Say |
| "It's snowing." |
| Ready? |
| Está nevando. |
| "It's snowing." |
| Está nevando. |
| Not all weather conditions can be described with this pattern, so you'll need other patterns, such as: |
| Está WEATHER CONDITION. |
| "It’s WEATHER CONDITION." |
| Está WEATHER CONDITION. |
| To use this pattern, simply replace the {weather condition} placeholder with a suitable weather condtion. |
| Note: This pattern requires an adjective. |
| For example, Está soleado. It’s sunny. Está soleado. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn adjectives related to the weather that you can use with this pattern, such as soleado, "sunny," nublado, "cloudy," and húmedo, "humid." |
| In Spanish, there are several patterns used to talk about the weather. This lesson focuses on a pattern using, estar, the verb "to be" used to talk about temporary states and/or conditions related to the weather. Estar. |
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