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| Jessi: Top 25 Spanish Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 20: What's the weather like? in Spanish (In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Spanish learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations.) |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question What's the weather like in Madrid? In Spanish this is |
| Javier: ¿Cómo es el tiempo en Madrid? |
| The first word in the question is |
| Javier: cómo |
| Jessi: meaning how in English. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) cómo |
| Jessi: Listen again and repeat. |
| Javier: cómo |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Javier: es |
| Jessi: meaning is. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) es |
| Jessi: Now repeat. |
| Javier: es |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Javier: cómo es |
| {pause} |
| And after that |
| Javier: el |
| Jessi: meaning the. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) el |
| Jessi: Now repeat. |
| Javier: el |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| Javier: cómo es el |
| {pause} |
| And after that |
| Javier: tiempo |
| Jessi: meaning weather. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) tiempo |
| Jessi: Now repeat. |
| Javier: tiempo |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 4 words of the question and repeat. |
| Javier: cómo es el tiempo |
| {pause} |
| And after that |
| Javier: en |
| Jessi: meaning in. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) en |
| Jessi: Now repeat. |
| Javier: en |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 5 words of the question and repeat. |
| Javier: cómo es el tiempo en |
| {pause} |
| And next |
| Javier: Madrid |
| Jessi: which is Madrid. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) Madrid |
| Jessi: Now repeat. |
| Javier: Madrid |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Javier: cómo es el tiempo en Madrid |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What's the weather like in Madrid?? |
| Javier: És soleado. |
| Jessi: "It's sunny.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Javier: (Slow) És soleado. |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Javier: és |
| Jessi: meaning is. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) és |
| Jessi: Now repeat |
| Javier: és |
| {Pause} |
| A: And next |
| Javier: soleado |
| meaning sunny. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) soleado |
| A:Now repeat. |
| Javier: soleado |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: Listen to the speaker say, It's sunny., and then repeat. |
| Javier: És soleado. |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: To expand on the pattern, replace sunny with rainy. |
| Javier: lluvioso |
| Jessi: rainy |
| Javier: (slow) lluvioso (regular) lluvioso |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with rainy |
| Javier: És lluvioso. |
| Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace sunny. Say It's rainy. |
| {pause} |
| Javier: És lluvioso. |
| Jessi: To use a different phrase, replace rainy with cold. |
| Javier: frío |
| Jessi: cold |
| Javier: (slow) frío (regular) frío |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with cold |
| Javier: És frío. |
| Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for rainy. Say It's cold. |
| {pause} |
| Javier: És frío. |
| Jessi: To use a different phrase, replace cold with windy. |
| Javier: ventoso |
| Jessi: windy |
| Javier: (slow) ventoso (regular) ventoso |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with windy |
| Javier: És ventoso. |
| Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for cold. Say It's windy. |
| {pause} |
| Javier: És ventoso. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Spain and someone asks you What's the weather like in Madrid?. You want to say it's sunny. Respond to the question. |
| Javier: ¿Cómo es el tiempo en Madrid? (five seconds) És soleado. |
| Jessi: Now you want to say it's rainy Respond to the question. |
| Javier: ¿Cómo es el tiempo en Madrid? (five seconds) És lluvioso. |
| Jessi: You want to say it's cold. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Javier: ¿Cómo es el tiempo en Madrid? (five seconds) És frío. |
| Jessi: You want to say it's windy. Respond to the question. |
| Javier: ¿Cómo es el tiempo en Madrid? (five seconds) És ventoso. |
| Jessi: You want to ask someone what the weather is like. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Javier: ¿Cómo es el tiempo en Madrid? |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: This is the end of Lesson 20 |
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Cristiane
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es frio y soleado en Finlandia. no me gusta el frio😠
Hola Esteban,
We never use "y" and "i" together, instead we use "e" instead of "y" in this situations.
"e" is a conjunction that replaces "y" when the following word starts with "i" or "hi"
So, we need to fix the sentence anyways. :sweat_smile: Gracias!
Saludos,
Carla Team SpanishPod101.com
Example from vocab section:
Español: Hoy está soleado he iré a dar un paseo.
Inglés "Today it is sunny and I will go for a walk."
Is it supposed to be "y ire" instead of "he ire"? If not, could you explain "he ire" to me?
Hola Gloria,
También podemos decir "hace mucho viento"
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
Hoy es ventoso. No me gusta. (Today it is windy. I don't like it.)
Hola Barbara,
Good job! ¡Buen trabajo!
That's the spirit, don't worry about making mistakes. That's why I'm here for.
Stay tuned and don't hesitate in letting us know you doubts about the lessons.
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
I am a beginner, so I apologize in advance for the mistakes I am about to make. :)
Es soleado y frio en Pittsburgh. It is sunny and chilly in Pittsburgh.
Como es el tiempo donde tu vives? How is the weather where you live?