Today, let us learn how to use weather related words! Let us see the different ways of using these words.
First let us see how to use adjectives to describe the weather.
For simple adjectives such as hot and cold, we can simply use the format
Day + adverb of degree + adjective.
今天 天气 很 暖和
Jīntiān tiānqì hěn nuǎnhuo
Today weather very warm.
今天 天气 很 凉快
Jīntiān tiānqì hěn liángkuai
Today weather very cool.
今天 天气 很 热
Jīntiān tiānqì hěn rè
Today weather very hot.
今天 天气 很 冷
Jīntiān tiānqì hěn lěng
Today weather very cold.
今天 天气 很潮湿
Jīntiān tiānqì hěn cháoshī
Today weather very humid.
In all of the above example, the word weather (天气/tiānqì) can be omitted, without any change in the meaning. You can also choose to use a different time noun (such as 昨天 zuótiān 明天 míngtiān 九月 jiǔ yuè).
In all of the above example, the word weather (天气/tiānqì) can be omitted, without any change in the meaning. We can also add any other time noun instead of Jīntiān 今天。
Sometimes, descriptors can function as both adjectives and verbs. So we may need to deviate from the format learned earlier.
The two examples below are similar to the examples above. You can replace 很/hěn with any other adverb of degree.
今天 很晴
Jīntiān hěn qíng
Today very sunny.
今天 很阴
Jīntiān hěn yīn
Today very gloomy/overcast.
However, the more formal way of expressing this is
Day + 是/shì + descriptor + 天/tiān
今天 是 晴天
Jīntiān shì qíngtiān.
Today is sunny day.
今天 是 阴天
Jīntiān shì yīntiān.
Today is overcast day.
Let us look at the usage of some other descriptors as well.
When we want to say that it is cloudy, we use the expression below:
今天 多云
Jīntiān duōyún
Today many clouds
When we want to talk about rain or snow, we use the verb to fall 下/xià:
今天 下雨
Jīntiān xià yǔ
Today fall rain
今天 下雪
Jīntiān xià xuě
Today fall snow
This usage is very similar to the पाऊस पडत आहे, or the Bombay Hindi phrase बारिश गिर रही है.
To talk about windy or stormy weather, we use the expression below:
今天 刮风
Jīntiān guā fēng
Today blow wind
In Chinese, sometimes the verb 有/yǒu, which usually means ‘to have’, can also mean ‘there is’, much like the Spanish word ‘hay’.
今天 有雾
Jīntiān yǒu wù.
Today has fog or Today there is fog.
That’s it for today’s lesson! Is there anything we missed out? Let us know in the comments below!