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Objetivos
- Recognize the vocabulary of weather
Vocabulario: El clima y las estaciones
Weather expressions in Spanish are different from those in English, particularly in the way they are constructed.
A:
¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? (What is the weather like today?)
B: Hoy hace frío y hace viento. (Today it is cold and windy.)
Most weather expressions in Spanish are built with hace, such as:
There are some weather expressions that are different and are not built with hace, such as:
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Most weather expressions in Spanish are built with hace:
- Hace mucho calor. (It’s hot)
- Hace fresco. (It’s cool)
- Hace frío. (It’s cold)
- Hace sol. (It’s sunny)
- Hace buen tiempo. (The weather is good)
- Hace mal tiempo. (The weather is bad)
- Hace viento. (It’s windy)
There are some weather expressions that are different and are not built with hace, such as:
- Hay niebla. (It’s foggy)
- Nieva / está nevando. (It’s snowing)
- Está despejado. (It’s clear)
- Está nublado. (It’s cloudy)
- Está húmedo. (It’s humid)
- Está soleado. (It’s sunny)
- Hay relámpagos. (There is lightning)
- Truena o hay truenos. (There is thunder)
- Llovizna. (It’s drizzling)
- Llueve mucho (It’s raining a lot)
- Está lloviendo. (It’s raining)
Las estaciones del año (The seasons of the year)
- El verano (summer)
- El otoño (fall)
- El invierno (winter)
- La primavera (spring)
A Practicar
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