Weather

• Learn to explain and describe different weather conditions in Spanish. Enhance your vocabulary with terminologies related to sun, wind, rain, snow etc. For example, “hace sol” (it’s sunny), “llueve” (it’s raining), “Nieva” (it’s snowing).

• Practice using different tenses when speaking about the weather. Remember that present tense is used to describe current condition (Hoy hace calor – Today it is hot), whereas future tense can be used for forecast (Mañana va a llover – It’s going to rain tomorrow).

• Learn the use of seasons and months in the context of weather. You could describe the typical climate in each season, for example, “En verano, hace mucho calor en España” (In summer, Spain is very hot).

• Be comfortable talking about preferences and your favourite type of weather. For instance, “Me encanta cuando hace frío” (I love it when it’s cold).

• Make sure you can compare weather in different regions or countries. For example, “En Inglaterra, llueve mucho pero en España, hace mucho sol” (In England, it rains a lot but in Spain, it’s very sunny).

• Learn to use extreme weather vocabulary, as it can add depth to your answers. Terms such as “tormenta” (storm), “ola de calor” (heatwave), or “inundación” (flood) can be useful in describing certain situations.

• Understand how to link the weather to different activities. This relation could be used to describe what people usually do in different weather conditions. For example, “Cuando hace sol, la gente suele ir a la playa” (When it’s sunny, people usually go to the beach).

• Cultivate a habit of checking Spanish weather forecasts to get a real time practise on this topic. This will assist you in understanding various expressions and sentence structures related to weather forecasting in Spanish.

Remember, fluency comes from practise. So, continue speaking and writing about the weather conditions in Spanish as much as possible!