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| The first thing you may notice if you're talking about or reading about the weather is that the verb _______, which in other contexts usually is translated as "to do" or "to make," is frequently used to discuss the weather. |
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| The first thing you may notice if you're talking about or reading about the weather is that the verb hacer, which in other contexts usually is translated as "to do" or "to make," is frequently used to discuss the weather. Here are a few examples: ¿Que tiempo hace? How's the weather? Hace sol. (It's sunny.) Hace mal tiempo. (The weather's awful.) |
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| When discussing how the weather feels, use ______, which usually is translated as "to have" but in this context is used to indicate how a person feels. |
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| When discussing how the weather feels, use tener, which usually is translated as "to have" but in this context is used to indicate how a person feels. Tengo frío. (I'm cold.) Tengo calor. (It feels hot.) Something to avoid is saying something like estoy caliente or estoy frío for "I'm hot" or "I'm cold." These sentences can have strong sexual overtones, just as do the English sentences "I'm hot" (in some contexts) or "I'm frigid." |
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For your information:
About.com Spanish
http://spanish.about.com/cs/vocabulary/a/weathervocab.htm |
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FYI:
Most textbooks advise against using sentences such as es frío to say "it's cold," and some say that such a usage of the verb ser is incorrect. However, such expressions are heard in informal speech in some areas. |
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| In English, it is very common to use "it" when discussing the weather, as in the sentence "it is raining." In Spanish, it isn't necessary to translate the "it": Use either the hacer form explained above or the third-person noun without a subject: Nieva. (It's snowing.) Nevó. (It snowed.) |
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