Weather

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Description

• Weather (o clima/o tempo)
• Helpful verbs
• Grammar Point: imperfect verb forms

Weather (o clima/o tempo)

English	Images	Portuguese	IPA	Write (r = response; f = first letter)
It's cold		Está frio	/ʃ.ˈta ˈfɾi.u/	?
It's hot		Está quente	/ʃ.ˈta ˈkẽ.tɨ/	?
the weather		o clima	/u ˈkɫi.mɐ/	?
What is the weather like?	What is the weather like?	Como está o tempo?	/ˈko.mu ʃ.ˈta u ˈtẽ.pu?/	¿ ??
it's raining		Está a chover	/ʃ.ˈta ɐ ʃu.ˈveɾ/	?
the wind		o vento	/u ˈvẽ.tu/	?
the sun		o sol	/u ˈsɔɫ/	?
the sky		o céu	/u ˈsɛw/	?
It's snowing		está a nevar	/ʃ.ˈta ɐ nɨ.ˈvaɾ/	?
It's nice out	It's nice out	O tempo está bom	/u ˈtẽ.pu ʃ.ˈta bõ/	?
the snow		a neve	/ɐ ˈne.vɨ/	?
an umbrella		um guarda-chuva	/ˈũ ˈgwaɾ.dɐ-ˈʃu.vɐ/	?
winter		o inverno	/u ĩ.ˈveɾ.nu/	?
spring		a primavera	/ɐ pɾi.mɐ.ˈve.ɾɐ/	?
summer		o verão	/u vɨ.ˈɾɐ̃w/	?
fall		o outono	/u o.ˈto.nu/	?
the thunder	the thunder	o trovão	/u tɾu.ˈvɐ̃w/	?
the lightning		o relâmpago	/u ʁɨ.ˈɫɐ̃.pɐ.gu/	?
a storm		uma tempestade	/ˈu.mɐ tẽ.pɨʃ.ˈta.dɨ/	?
clouds		as nuvens	/ɐʒ ˈnu.vɐ̃jʃ/	?
an earthquake		um terramoto	/ˈũ tɨ.ʁɐ.ˈmo.tu/	?
a flood		uma inundação	/ˈu.mɐ i.nũ.dɐ.ˈsɐ̃w/	?

Helpful verbs

fazer ("is" when describing weather), chover ("to rain"), estar ("to be")

fazer

Faz sol = "It is sunny"

chover

Está a chover = "It is raining"

estar

Estou com calo = "I am hot"

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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, Quando era pequeno, adorava cavalos ("When I was young, I really loved horses").

Verbs ending in -ar (like falar), form their imperfect by adding -ava, -avas, etc. (e.g.: Fablava = "I was speaking"). Verbs in -er or -ir form their imperfect by adding -ia, -ias, etc. (e.g.: Facía = "I was doing ..."). Some verbs, like ser, ("to be") have irregular imperfect endings. You can learn more about the imperfect here.

Exercises

Give the English equivalent:

Give the Portuguese equivalent:

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1. Yesterday, it was raining in the morning.

2. The sky was blue and the sun was shining.

3. It's hot during the summer.

4. I am afraid of earthquakes.

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