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. |
| Tempo. |
| Chovendo. |
| "raining" |
| Chovendo. |
| 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. |
| Bom. |
| Ensolarado. |
| "sunny" |
| Ensolarado. |
| 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. |
| Está chovendo. |
| Do you remember how to say "weather"? |
| Tempo. |
| Tempo. |
| And how to say "the weather"? |
| O tempo. |
| O tempo. |
| Do you remember how to say "how"? |
| Como. |
| Como. |
| Do you remember how Fernanda Ferreira asks, |
| "How is the weather?" |
| Como está o tempo? |
| Como está o tempo? |
| Do you remember how to say "nice"? |
| Bom. |
| Bom. |
| And how to say "sunny"? |
| Ensolarado. |
| Ensolarado. |
| Do you remember how to say "It's snowing?" |
| Está nevando. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Quente. |
| And how to say "today?" |
| Hoje. |
| Hoje. |
| Now how to say, |
| "It's hot today." |
| Hoje está quente. |
| Hoje está quente. |
| Do you remember how Susana Santos says, |
| "It's hot today, isn't it?" |
| Hoje está quente, né? |
| Hoje está quente, né? |
| Imagine you're Jack Jones , and it's cold outside. |
| Do you remember how to say "cold" in Portuguese? |
| Frio. |
| Frio. |
| Now, tell your friend that it's cold. |
| Hoje está frio, né? |
| É verdade. |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| Hoje está frio, né? |
| 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. |
| Nevando. |
| Respond to your friend and say it's snowing. |
| Como está o tempo? |
| Está nevando. |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| Está nevando. |
| Está nevando. |
| Well done! This is the end of the lesson and the Can Talk About the Weather unit of this course. |
| Remember these Can-Do lessons are about learning practical language skills. |
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