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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.
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