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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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