Learn how to talk about the weather
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| Let's take a closer look at the conversation. |
| Do you remember how Karen says, |
| "It’s so hot!" |
| ¡Hace mucho calor! |
| Let’s start with calor, meaning "heat." Calor (enunciated). Calor. |
| In Spanish, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Calor is masculine and singular — a fact which will determine the form of other words in the sentence. |
| Before calor is mucho, literally, “much,” but translates as “so,” as in “so hot.” Mucho (enunciated). Mucho. |
| Mucho is masculine singular to agree with calor. |
| Together, mucho calor, literally, “much heat,” but translates as "so hot." Mucho calor. |
| Starting the sentence is hace, translating as “is,” as in “[It] is,” in this context. Hace (enunciated). Hace. |
| Note: hace is from the verb hacer, meaning, "to do," or “to make,” but in this instance, when talking about the weather, it translates as "to be." Hace. |
| All together, ¡Hace mucho calor! literally “It makes much heat,” but translates as “It’s so hot.” ¡Hace mucho calor! |
| Karen is expecting her neighbor to respond after she says, |
| ¡Hace mucho calor! |
| Let's take a closer look at the response. |
| Do you remember how the neighbor says, |
| "Yes, right?" |
| Sí, ¿verdad? |
| First is sí, meaning "yes." Sí (enunciated). Sí. |
| Next is ¿verdad? translating as, "Right?" ¿Verdad? (enunciated). ¿Verdad? |
| Here ¿Verdad?, “right?” is used to express agreement with the speaker. |
| Notice the intonation illustrating strong agreement. |
| Translation note: ¿verdad? could translate here as “isn’t it,” as in “Yes, [it’s hot], isn’t it?” |
| All together, Sí, ¿verdad? "Yes, right?" Sí, ¿verdad? |
| The pattern is |
| ¡Hace WEATHER CONDITION! |
| "It’s WEATHER CONDITION!" |
| ¡Hace WEATHER CONDITION! |
| To use this pattern, simply replace the WEATHER CONDITION placeholder with a weather condition. |
| Note: This pattern requires a noun or a noun phrase. In this lesson, you'll learn nouns related to the weather that you can use with this pattern. |
| Imagine it's cold. Frío. "Cold." Frío (enunciated). Frío. |
| Before frío is mucho, "so" in this context. Mucho. |
| Say |
| "It’s so cold!" |
| Ready? |
| ¡Hace mucho frío! |
| "It’s so cold!" |
| ¡Hace mucho frío! |
| In Spanish, there are several patterns used to talk about the weather. This lesson focuses on the pattern hace weather condition. |
| However, in Spanish, you can’t use any noun with this construction. It’s restricted to a small set of nouns, such as the nouns covered in this lesson, and some others: |
| sol, “sun,” viento, “wind,” buen tiempo, “nice weather,” mal tiempo, “bad weather,” among others. |
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