Weather
Vocab and grammar associated with weather in french follows the exact same rules as in spanish.
For example, you would say "hace calor" to say "it's hot", but that literally translates to "it makes hot" in english. You do the same thing in french, where you say "Il fait chaud" to literally translate to "it makes hot", which gives a general meaning of "it's hot"
In spanish, the word "tiempo" generally means time, but when used in weather grammar, it can mean "weather." The same thing occurs for the french word temps, which generally means time, but in a weather context, means the weather.
| french | english | Spanish equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| il pleut | it's raining | llueve |
| il niege | it's snowing | nieve |
| il y a du vent | it's windy | hay viento |
| Quel temps fait-il | How's the weather? | Que tiempo hace? |
| il y a du brouillard | It's foggy | hay niebla |
| il fait chaud | it's hot | hace calor |
| il fait froid | it's cold | hace frio |
| il fait frais | it's cool | |
| il fait beau | it's nice weather | hace buen tiempo |
Here are the key verbs to memorize related to weather:
- pleuvoir = to rain
- neiger = to snow
To say something like it's hot, cold, etc, you follow this basic pattern using the "fait" verb:
Il + fait + adjective related to weather
Practice Exercises
Test your knowledge of weather vocabulary with these translation exercises: