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Spanish dialogue with translation · A1 · 13 lines

¿Qué tiempo hace en tu ciudad? What's the weather like in your city?

Comic · 12 panels

Panel 1 of 12 for “What's the weather like in your city?”: “Hi, Olga! How are you? What's the weather like in your city?”
  1. Ana

    ¡Hola, Olga! ¿Qué tal? ¿Qué tiempo hace en tu ciudad?

    Hi, Olga! How are you? What's the weather like in your city?

Panel 2 of 12 for “What's the weather like in your city?”: “Hi, Ana. It's been very cold since last week. Today it's minus ten degrees.”
  1. Olga

    Hola, Ana. Desde la semana pasada hace mucho frío. Hoy hay menos diez grados.

    Hi, Ana. It's been very cold since last week. Today it's minus ten degrees.

Panel 3 of 12 for “What's the weather like in your city?”: “What bad weather! Does it snow a lot?”
  1. Ana

    ¡Qué mal tiempo! ¿Nieva mucho?

    What bad weather! Does it snow a lot?

Panel 4 of 12 for “What's the weather like in your city?”: “In winter it snows every day. There's a lot of snow on the street, and it's windy.”
  1. Olga

    En invierno nieva todos los días. Hay mucha nieve en la calle y hace viento.

    In winter it snows every day. There's a lot of snow on the street, and it's windy.

Panel 5 of 12 for “What's the weather like in your city?”: “Here in Madrid it's sunny. It's fifteen degrees, and the sky is blue.”
  1. Ana

    Aquí, en Madrid, hace sol. Hay quince grados y el cielo está azul.

    Here in Madrid it's sunny. It's fifteen degrees, and the sky is blue.

Panel 6 of 12 for “What's the weather like in your city?”: “Lucky you! My favorite season is spring.”
  1. Olga

    ¡Qué suerte! Mi estación favorita es la primavera.

    Lucky you! My favorite season is spring.

Panel 7 of 12 for “What's the weather like in your city?”: “When are you coming to Spain?” “In May or in June. What's the weather like in those months?”
  1. Ana

    ¿Cuándo vienes a España?

    When are you coming to Spain?

  2. Olga

    En mayo o en junio. ¿Qué tiempo hace en esos meses?

    In May or in June. What's the weather like in those months?

Panel 8 of 12 for “What's the weather like in your city?”: “In May the weather is nice, but sometimes it rains. In June it's very hot.”
  1. Ana

    En mayo hace buen tiempo, pero a veces llueve. En junio hace mucho calor.

    In May the weather is nice, but sometimes it rains. In June it's very hot.

Panel 9 of 12 for “What's the weather like in your city?”: “Then I'm going to take an umbrella and summer clothes too.”
  1. Olga

    Entonces voy a llevar un paraguas y también ropa de verano.

    Then I'm going to take an umbrella and summer clothes too.

Panel 10 of 12 for “What's the weather like in your city?”: “Yes, and if there are clouds, it's no problem: the sun comes out again.”
  1. Ana

    Sí, y si hay nubes, no pasa nada: el sol sale otra vez.

    Yes, and if there are clouds, it's no problem: the sun comes out again.

Panel 11 of 12 for “What's the weather like in your city?”: “Then I'm going in May. Next week I'm talking to my boss.”
  1. Olga

    Entonces voy en mayo. La próxima semana hablo con mi jefe.

    Then I'm going in May. Next week I'm talking to my boss.

Panel 12 of 12 for “What's the weather like in your city?”: “Next week? Talk to him right now!”
  1. Ana

    ¿La próxima semana? ¡Habla con él ahora mismo!

    Next week? Talk to him right now!

Grammar for this text

Weather with hace. ¿Qué tiempo hace en tu ciudad? means "What's the weather like in your city?". The answer uses hace too: hace sol (it's sunny), hace viento (it's windy), hace buen tiempo (the weather is nice). For degrees, use hay: Hay quince grados (it's fifteen degrees), hay menos diez grados (it's minus ten).

mucho frío, not muy. Hace mucho frío, hace mucho calor — it's very cold, it's very hot. Here frío and calor are nouns (cold, heat), so "very" is mucho ("a lot of cold"), not muy.

Snow and rain are verbs. Llueve — it's raining, nieva — it's snowing; there's no subject, not even "it". For snow that's already on the ground: Hay mucha nieve en la calle.

Desde la semana pasada hace… "It's been very cold since last week": for something that started earlier and is still going on, Spanish uses the present tense with desde (since). English uses the present perfect here.

A command: Habla. ¡Habla con él ahora mismo! — Talk to him right now! Ana talks to Olga as tú, and for hablar the tú command looks like the él form: habla.

Si — if. Si hay nubes, no pasa nada — if there are clouds, it's no problem. After si the verb is in the present tense, just like in English.

Plans in the present tense. ¿Cuándo vienes a España?, Entonces voy en mayo, La próxima semana hablo con mi jefe: for fixed plans Spanish often uses the present tense, where English uses the present progressive ("When are you coming?", "I'm going in May"). For an intention, use ir a + infinitive: voy a llevar un paraguas — I'm going to take an umbrella.

Words and grammar of the unit: Talk about the weather.

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