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Weather

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Description

Weather (el tiempo)

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English	Images	Spanish	Listen and Repeat	Write (r = response; f = first letter)
It's cold		Hace frio
It's hot		Hace calor
the weather		el tiempo
What is the weather like?	What is the weather like?	¿Qué tiempo hace?		¿ ?
it's raining		Llueve
the wind		el viento
the sun		el sol
the sky		el cielo
It's snowing		está nevando
It's nice out	It's nice out	Hace buen tiempo
the snow		la nieve
an umbrella		un paraguas
winter		el invierno
spring		la primavera
summer		el verano
fall		el otoño
the thunder	the thunder	el trueno
the lightning		el relámpago
a storm		una tormenta
clouds		las nubes
an earthquake		un terremoto
a flood		una inundación

Helpful verbs

hacer ("is" when describing weather), llover ("to rain"), tener ("to be")

hacer

Hace buen tiempo = "It is nice out"

llover

Llueve = "It is raining"

tener

Tengo frio = "I am cold"

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Grammar Point: imperfect verb forms

The imperfect is used to describe a past action that took place over a period of time. It describes a past "situation" rather than a past "event", for example, Cuando era pequeño, me encantaban los caballos ("When I was young, I really loved horses").

Verbs ending in -ar (like hablar), form their imperfect by adding -aba, -abas, etc. (e.g.: Yo hablaba = "I was speaking"). Verbs in -er or -ir form their imperfect by adding -ía, -ías, etc. (e.g.: Yo hacía = "I was doing ..."). Some verbs, like ser, ("to be") have irregular imperfect endings. You can learn more about the imperfect here.