BicaUnit 9 · Weather & clothesA1Lesson 1 of 5: The weather
Talking about the weather in European Portuguese
This lesson opens Unit 9, Weather & clothes (O tempo e a roupa), an A1 unit in which you talk about the weather, the seasons and the months, and say what you wear. The new words are o tempo (weather), está sol (it's sunny), está frio (it's cold) and 5 more, practised in 10 example sentences. The unit’s grammar notes cover “Está sol! Talking about the weather” and “Months and seasons”.
Words in this lesson
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
o tempo | weatherO tempo means both weather and time. |
está solalso faz sol | it's sunny |
está frioalso faz frio | it's cold |
está a chover | it's rainingEstar a + infinitive, from chover (to rain). |
está ventoalso faz vento | it's windy |
o guarda-chuva | umbrellaLiterally "rain-guard". |
está caloralso faz calor | it's hot |
os óculos de sol | sunglasses |
Example sentences
- Como está o tempo?What's the weather like?
- Hoje está sol.It's sunny today.
- Está muito calor!It's very hot!Literally "it is a lot of heat": está calor.
- Está frio hoje?Is it cold today?
- Está a chover e eu não tenho guarda-chuva.It's raining and I don't have an umbrella.Está a chover = "it is raining", with estar a + infinitive.
- Onde está o meu guarda-chuva?Where's my umbrella?
- Hoje está muito vento.It's very windy today.
- Tu tens óculos de sol?Do you have sunglasses?
- Está sol, mas está frio.It's sunny, but it's cold.
- Os óculos de sol são da Sofia.The sunglasses are Sofia's.Os óculos is always plural, so the verb is são.
Grammar notes
The grammar notes for this lesson are on the page for Unit 9: Weather & clothes: