Learn how to ask and answer the question "What's the weather like?"
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| A: Top 25 Italian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 20: What's the weather like in Italian? (In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Italian learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations.) |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question ""What's the weather like in Rome?"" In Italian this is |
| B: Come è il tempo a Roma? |
| The first word in the question is |
| B: come |
| A: ""meaning how"" in English. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) come |
| A: Listen again and repeat. |
| B: come |
| {Pause} |
| A: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the English translation, breaking it down by syllable, and then giving it once more at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| B: è |
| A: meaning is. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) è |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: è |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| B: come è |
| {pause} |
| And next |
| B: il |
| A: meaning the. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) il |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: il |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| B: come è il |
| {pause} |
| And after that |
| B: tempo |
| A: meaning weather. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) tempo |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: tempo |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 4 words of the question and repeat. |
| B: come è il tempo |
| {pause} |
| And next |
| B: a |
| A: meaning something like in. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) a |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: a |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 5 words of the question and repeat. |
| B: come è il tempo a |
| {pause} |
| And next |
| B: Roma |
| A: which is the name Rome. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) Roma |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: Roma |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| B: come è il tempo a Roma |
| {pause} |
| A: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What's the weather like in Rome?? |
| B: è soleggiato. |
| A: ""It's sunny.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| B: (Slow) è soleggiato. |
| {pause} |
| A: But let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| B: è |
| A: meaning is. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) è |
| A: Now repeat |
| B: è |
| {Pause} |
| A: And next |
| B: soleggiato |
| meaning sunny. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) soleggiato |
| A:Now repeat. |
| B: soleggiato |
| {Pause} |
| A: Listen to the speaker say, It's sunny., and then repeat. |
| B: è soleggiato. |
| {pause} |
| A: To expand on the pattern, replace sunny with cloudy. |
| B: nuvoloso |
| A: cloudy |
| B: (slow) nuvoloso (regular) nuvoloso |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with cloudy |
| B: è nuvoloso. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace sunny. Say It's nuvoloso. |
| {pause} |
| B: è nuvoloso. |
| A: To use a different phrase, replace cloudy with rainy. |
| B: piovoso |
| A: rainy |
| B: (slow) piovoso (regular) piovoso |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with rainy |
| B: è piovoso. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for cloudy. Say It's rainy. |
| {pause} |
| B: è piovoso. |
| A: To expand on the pattern, replace rainy with humid. |
| B: umido |
| A: humid |
| B: (slow) umido (regular) umido |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with humid |
| B: è umido. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for rainy. Say It's humid. |
| {pause} |
| B: è umido. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Italy and someone asks you What's the weather like in Rome?. You want to say it's sunny. Respond to the question. |
| B: Come è il tempo a Roma? (five seconds) è soleggiato. |
| A: Now you want to say it's cloudy Respond to the question. |
| B: Come è il tempo a Roma? (five seconds) è nuvoloso. |
| A: You want to say it's rainy. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| B: Come è il tempo a Roma? (five seconds) è piovoso. |
| A: You want to say it's humid. Respond to the question. |
| B: Come è il tempo a Roma? (five seconds) è umido. |
| A: You want to ask someone what the weather is like. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| B: Come è il tempo a Roma? |
| {pause} |
| A: This is the end of Lesson 20 |
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