Learn how to give an opinion about the weather
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| Welcome to Can-Do Spanish by SpanishPod101.com. |
| In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about the weather in Spanish. |
| For example, "It’s so hot!" is |
| ¡Hace mucho calor! |
| Valeria Varela sees her neighbor, Claudia Borrego Contreras , and starts a conversation about the weather. |
| Before you hear their conversation, let's preview some of its key components. |
| calor |
| "heat" |
| calor |
| calor |
| Listen to the conversation, and focus on Valeria’s comment. |
| Ready? |
| ¡Hace mucho calor! |
| Sí, ¿verdad? |
| Once more with the English translation. |
| ¡Hace mucho calor! |
| "It’s so hot!" |
| Sí, ¿verdad? |
| "Yes, right?" |
| Let's break down the conversation. |
| Do you remember how Valeria says, |
| "It’s so hot!" |
| ¡Hace mucho calor! |
| Let’s start with calor, meaning "heat." Calor. 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. Mucho. |
| Mucho is masculine singular to agree with calor. |
| Together, mucho calor, literally, “much heat,” but translating as "so hot." Mucho calor. |
| Starting the sentence is hace, translating as “is,” as in “ is,” in this context. Hace. 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." Hacer. |
| All together, ¡Hace mucho calor! literally “It makes much heat,” but translates as “It’s so hot.” ¡Hace mucho calor! |
| Valeria 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. Sí. |
| Next is ¿verdad? translating as, "Right?" ¿Verdad?. ¿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, , 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. Frío. |
| 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 just 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. |
| Note: Hace {noun}. "It’s {noun}." Is also a commonly used phrase. |
| ¡Hace frío! It’s cold. |
| ¡Hace calor! It’s hot. |
| Again, the key pattern is |
| ¡Hace WEATHER CONDITION! |
| "It’s WEATHER CONDITION!" |
| ¡Hace WEATHER CONDITION! |
| Let's look at some more examples. |
| Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers. |
| ¡Hace mucho calor! |
| "It's so hot!" |
| ¡Hace mucho calor! |
| ¡Hace mucho frío! |
| "It's so cold!" |
| ¡Hace mucho frío! |
| ¡Hace mucho viento! |
| "It's so windy!" |
| ¡Hace mucho viento! |
| ¡Hace buen tiempo! |
| "It's nice weather!" |
| ¡Hace buen tiempo! |
| ¡Qué calor hace! |
| "How hot!" |
| ¡Qué calor hace! |
| Did you notice how the last speaker used a different pattern? |
| ¡Qué calor hace! |
| "How hot it is!" Or in more natural English, “How hot!” |
| ¡Qué calor hace! |
| First is qué, “what...,” or "how...," in this context. Qué. Qué. |
| Next is calor, "heat." Calor. |
| Finally, hace, translating as “is,” as in “ is,” in this context. Hace. |
| All together, ¡Que calor hace! literally “What heat it makes,” but translates as “How hot!” ¡Que calor hace! |
| This pattern uses an exclamation, and it’s meant to elicit a response from the listener. |
| The pattern is: |
| ¡Qué WEATHER CONDITION hace! |
| "How WEATHER CONDITION it is!" |
| To use this pattern, simply replace the WEATHER CONDITION placeholder with a weather condition. |
| Note, this pattern requires a noun. |
| For example, ¡Qué frío hace! “How cold it is!” Or in more natural English, “How cold!” ¡Qué frío hace! |
| You should be aware of this pattern, but we won’t use it for this lesson. |
| Let's review the key vocabulary. |
| Frío. “Cold.” |
| Frío. |
| Frío. |
| Viento. |
| "Wind." |
| Viento. |
| Viento. |
| Buen tiempo. |
| “Nice weather.” |
| Buen tiempo. |
| Buen tiempo. |
| Let’s review. |
| Respond to the prompts by speaking aloud. Then repeat after the native speaker, focusing on pronunciation. |
| Ready? |
| Do you remember how to say “hot,” literally "heat"? |
| calor |
| calor |
| And how to say “so hot,” literally, “much heat"? |
| Mucho calor. |
| Mucho calor. |
| Do you remember how Valeria Varela says, |
| "It’s so hot!" |
| ¡Hace mucho calor! |
| ¡Hace mucho calor! |
| Do you remember how to say "yes?" |
| Sí. |
| Sí. |
| And do you remember how Claudia Borrego says, |
| "Yes, right?" |
| Sí, ¿Verdad? |
| Sí, ¿Verdad? |
| Do you remember how to say "cold?" |
| frío |
| frío |
| And how to say "wind?" |
| viento |
| viento |
| Do you remember how to say "nice weather?" |
| buen tiempo |
| buen tiempo |
| Let's practice. |
| Imagine you're Claudia , Valeria’s neighbor. Comment to Valeria that it’s very cold, or frío. |
| Ready? |
| ¡Hace mucho frío! |
| Sí, ¿verdad? |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| ¡Hace mucho frío! |
| ¡Hace mucho frío! |
| Let's try another. |
| Imagine you're Ben Lee Catalina Hurtado. Comment to your classmate that it’s very windy, or viento. |
| Ready? |
| ¡Hace mucho viento! |
| Sí, ¿verdad? |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| ¡Hace mucho viento! |
| ¡Hace mucho viento! |
| Let's try one more. |
| Imagine you're Mark Lee Hugo Hurtado. Comment to your neighbor that it’s very nice weather, or buen tiempo. |
| Ready? |
| ¡Hace buen tiempo! |
| Sí, ¿verdad? |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| ¡Hace buen tiempo! |
| ¡Hace buen tiempo! |
| ¿Verdad? is a universal tag question that can be attached to most statements. Think of it like the “right?” in the sentence, “It’s good, right?” |
| Like tag questions in English, it comes in handy when you seek agreement or have confidence in what you just said. |
| It's also easy to use, since it doesn't depend on the verb of the statement. |
| Well done! This is the end of this lesson. |
| In this lesson, you learned how to give an opinion about the weather, an essential skill for talking about the weather. |
| Remember, these Can Do lessons are about learning practical language skills. |
| What's next? |
| Show us what you can do. |
| When you're ready, take your assessment. |
| You can take it again and again, so try anytime you like. |
| Our teachers will assess it, and give you your results. |
| Keep practicing — and move on to the next lesson! |
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