Weather & Climate

1. Face caldu oghje, ùn hè micca?

   It's hot today, isn't it?

   Usage

   Weather is the classic way to start a chat; a friendly remark on a hot summer day

   Grammar Note

   Weather uses the third person of fà: face caldu, face frescu. Add ùn hè micca? at the end for "isn't it?", with the grave on Ùn. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. Pare chì hà da piove

   It looks like it will rain

   Usage

   Use it when the sky looks threatening, to start a talk about changing plans or taking an umbrella

   Grammar Note

   Avè da plus an infinitive expresses a near future ("is going to"). Piove is the infinitive "to rain". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Una timpesta s'avvicina

   A storm is approaching

   Usage

   Warn people nearby that the weather is turning, at the sea or in the mountains

   Grammar Note

   Timpesta is feminine and is also written tempesta. S'avvicina is the third person of the reflexive verb avvicinassi; s' is the reflexive pronoun before a vowel. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. Face frescu oghje, ùn hè micca?

   It's cool today, isn't it?

   Usage

   A light remark about a cool morning, evening or day in the mountains

   Grammar Note

   Frescu means cool and is also written friscu. Temperature remarks use face + masculine adjective. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. Mi pudete dì a previsione di u tempu?

   Please tell me the weather forecast

   Usage

   Ask hotel or harbor staff about the outlook before a hike or a boat trip

   Grammar Note

   Tempu means both weather and time. Pudete is the 2pl of pudè and makes the request polite. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

6. Aghju bisognu di crema sulare?

   Do I need sunscreen?

   Usage

   Ask a local how strong the sun is before the beach or a hike

   Grammar Note

   Avè bisognu di + noun means to need something, with no article after di. Sulare means solar, so crema sulare is sunscreen. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

7. Aghju da piglià un paracqua?

   Should I bring an umbrella?

   Usage

   Ask your host before going out whether rain is a worry

   Grammar Note

   Avè da plus an infinitive means "have to". Paracqua is a masculine noun for a rain umbrella; umbrellu means a parasol or the umbrella-shaped flower head, so it is not used here. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

8. U sole hè assai forte oghje

   The sun is really strong today

   Usage

   A natural lead-in when suggesting water or a hat on a strong-sun day

   Grammar Note

   Sole is masculine and is also written soli. Assai (very) goes before forte. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

9. A pioggia

   Rain

   Usage

   A basic weather word you can say while pointing at the sky

   Grammar Note

   Pioggia is feminine and is also spelled piogia. The verb "to rain" is piove. The standard spelling pioggia is used here

10. A neve

    Snow

    Usage

    A basic weather word, useful for winter mountain roads and talk about Monte Cintu

    Grammar Note

    Neve is feminine and is also written nivi. The standard spelling neve is used here

11. U ventu

    Wind

    Usage

    A basic weather word, handy before going to sea or out on a headland

    Grammar Note

    Ventu is masculine. "A strong wind" puts the adjective after the noun: u ventu forte

12. Serenu

    Clear / sunny

    Usage

    Describes a cloudless sky; a short answer when asked about the weather

    Grammar Note

    Serenu is an adjective; the feminine is serena. The masculine form is used as the headword. It can also mean calm

13. Nuvulatu

    Cloudy

    Usage

    Describes a sky full of cloud; a short answer when asked about the weather

    Grammar Note

    Nuvulatu is an adjective; the feminine is nuvulata. It is also written nivulatu. The spelling nuvulatu is used here

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