How to Talk About Basic Weather Conditions

Learn how to talk about basic weather conditions

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Welcome to Can-Do Portuguese by PortuguesePod101.com.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about weather conditions in Portuguese.

For example, "It's raining." is

Está chovendo.

Susana Santos is in rainy São Paulo City.

She’s on a long-distance call with Fernanda Ferreira , her former colleague, who asks about the current weather.

Before you hear their conversation, let's preview some of its key components.

Tempo.

"weather"

Tempo.

Chovendo.

"raining"

Chovendo.

Listen to the conversation and focus on the response.

Ready?

Como está o tempo?

Está chovendo.

Once more with the English translation.

Como está o tempo?

"How is the weather?"

Está chovendo.

"It's raining."

Let's break down the conversation.

Do you remember how Fernanda asks,

"How is the weather?"

Como está o tempo?

First is como, "how" in this context. Como. Como.

Next is está, "is." Está. Está.

Note: está is from the verb estar, meaning "to be." Estar.

Next is o tempo, "the weather." o tempo.

Let's start with tempo, "weather." Tempo. Tempo.

In Portuguese, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Tempo is masculine and singular — a fact which will determine the form of other words in the sentence.

Before tempo is the article o. Think of it like "the" in English. O. O.

O is also masculine and singular to agree with tempo.

Together, o tempo, "the weather." O tempo.

All together, it's Como está o tempo?, "How is the weather?"

Como está o tempo?

Let's take a closer look at the response.

Do you remember how Susana says,

"It's raining."

Está chovendo.

First is Está, literally "is," but translates as "it is."Está. Está.

Note: está is from the verb estar, meaning "to be." Estar.

Next is chovendo, "raining." Chovendo. Chovendo.

Chovendo is from the verb chover, meaning "to rain." Chover.

All together, it's Está chovendo. This literally means "is raining," but translates as "it's raining."

Está chovendo.

The pattern is

Está WEATHER CONDITION.

"It's WEATHER CONDITION."

Está WEATHER CONDITION.

To use this pattern, simply replace the {WEATHER CONDITION} placeholder with a suitable word that describes a weather condition.

Note: This pattern requires a gerund form to complete the present continuous verb tense.

Imagine you are in a very cold place, and it's "snowing," nevando. Nevando. Nevando.

Say

"It's snowing."

Ready?

Está nevando.

"It's snowing."

Está nevando.

The WEATHER CONDITION placeholder can also be replaced with an adjective.

For example, Está ensolarado. It's sunny. Está ensolarado.

In this lesson, you'll learn adjectives related to the weather that you can use with this pattern, such as ensolarado, "sunny," and bom, "good."

In daily conversations, it's common for Brazilians to use tá, an abbreviated form of está. Applying this to the line for "How is the weather?"

Como está o tempo? becomes Como tá o tempo?

Applying the same change to the response, "It's raining,"

Está chovendo, becomes Tá chovendo.

Again, the key pattern is

Está WEATHER CONDITION.

"It's WEATHER CONDITION."

Está WEATHER CONDITION.

Let's look at some examples.

Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.

Está chovendo.

"It's raining."

Está chovendo.

Está nevando.

"It's snowing."

Está nevando.

Está ensolarado.

"It's sunny."

Está ensolarado.

Tá bom.

"It's nice."

Tá bom.

Está chovendo em São Paulo.

"It's raining in Sao Paulo."

Está chovendo em São Paulo.

Did you notice how the last speaker added the location in this last sentence?

Está chovendo em São Paulo.

"It's raining in Sao Paulo."

The phrase, em São Paulo, "in Sao Paulo," establishes Sao Paulo as the location.

You should be aware of the longer pattern, but you won't need it for this lesson.

Let's review the new vocabulary.

Bom.

"nice"

Bom.

Ensolarado.

"sunny"

Ensolarado.

Let's review.

Respond to the prompts by speaking aloud. Then repeat after the native speaker, focusing on pronunciation.

Ready?

Do you remember how Susana Santos says,

"It's raining."

Está chovendo.

Do you remember how to say "weather"?

Tempo.

And how to say "the weather"?

O tempo.

Do you remember how to say "how"?

Como.

Do you remember how Fernanda Ferreira asks,

"How is the weather?"

Como está o tempo?

Do you remember how to say "nice"?

Bom.

And how to say "sunny"?

Ensolarado.

Do you remember how to say "It's snowing?"

Está nevando.

Let's practice.

Imagine you're Susana Santos in Rio de Janeiro and the weather is nice, or bom in Portuguese.

Respond to the question.

Ready?

Como está o tempo?

Está bom.

Listen again and repeat.

Está bom.

Let's try another.

Imagine you're Fernanda Ferreira , and it's sunny, or ensolarado, in Florianópolis.

Ready?

Como está o tempo?

Está ensolarado.

Listen again and repeat.

Está ensolarado.

Let's try one more.

Imagine you're Alex Andrade in snowy São Joaquim. ‘Snowing’ is nevando in Portuguese.

Ready?

Como está o tempo?

Está nevando.

Listen again and repeat.

Está nevando.

In this lesson, you learned how to talk about weather in Portuguese. This plays an essential role in the larger skill of talking about the weather. Let’s review.

Do you remember how to say “hot”?

Quente.

And how to say "today?"

Hoje.

Now how to say,

"It's hot today."

Hoje está quente.

Do you remember how Susana Santos says,

"It's hot today, isn't it?"

Hoje está quente, né?

Imagine you're Jack Jones , and it's cold outside.

Do you remember how to say "cold" in Portuguese?

Frio.

Now, tell your friend that it's cold.

Hoje está frio, né?

É verdade.

Listen again and repeat.

Hoje está frio, né?

On a different occasion you're traveling in the mountains and talking with your friend on the phone. Your friend asks how the weather is, and it's snowy.

Do you remember how to say "snowing" in Portuguese?

Nevando.

Respond to your friend and say it's snowing.

Como está o tempo?

Está nevando.

Listen again and repeat.

Está nevando.

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