Weather in spanish

In Spanish, we have a number of ways to describe the weather
The phrase we use to tell the weather is: "Hace (or Está) ___"
To ask the weather, say: "¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?"

These are the basic weather conditions:
(Hace) Frio-Cold
(Hace) Calor-Hot
(Hace) Sol-Sunny
(Hace) Viento-Windy
(Hace) Fresco-Mild
To intensify any of these conditions except "fresco", use the word "bastante"
Example: Hace bastante frio, Hace bastante sol

(Está) (Parcialmente/Mayormente) Nublado-Partially/Mostly Cloudy
(Está) Húmedo-Humid
(Está) Lloviendo-Raining
(Está) Nevando-Snowing
Note: Llueve (mucho)=it rains (a lot)
Nieva (mucho)=it snows (a lot)

Hace and está both mean "it is" but remember to use the correct one to describe the weather.

Other terms that may be useful to know are:
Mayormente/ Parcialmente soleado- Mostly/Partially sunny
Mayormente/Parcialmente despejado-Mostly/Partially clear
La temperatura máxima/minima es...-The maximum/minimum temperature is...
Ahorita estamos a (#) grados.-Right now it's (#) degrees.(Take note that in Spanish, we only use Celsius)
Chubascos (aislados)-(Scattered) showers
Tormenta (tropical)-(Tropical) storms

These weather conditions can be supplemented by naming the season. They are:
El invierno-Winter
La primavera-Spring
El verano- Summer
El otoño-Fall

A conversation about the weather will sound like this:
"¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?"
"Hace fresco."
"¿Sí, y qué tiempo hace en el invierno?"
"Hace bastante frio."

To add another level to this skill, you could incorporate the days of the week which are:

Monday-lunes
Tuesday-martes
Wednesday-miércoles
Thursday-jueves
Friday-viernes
Saturday-sábado
Sunday-domingo

Note the following:
The days are in lowercase.
The week starts on Monday, not Sunday.
Miércoles and Sábado have accents.

You could use this skill to explain to a Spanish baseball team what the weather for the week will be.

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Date in spanish

To ask the date in Spanish, we say “¿Cual es la fecha de hoy?

To respond to that question, we say “Es el (day )de (month).”

The months in Spanish are:
January-enero
February-febrero
March-marzo
April-abril
May-mayo
June-junio
July-julio
August-agosto
September-septiembre
October-octubre
November-noviembre
December-diciembre
Be careful, the most commonly misspelled months are octubre, septiembre, diciembre, noviembre, and agosto. Also, notice that the months are in lowercase.
You will also need to know the numbers up to 31 they are:

To ask when a specific day is, say: "¿Cuando es (Day)?"
Here are some holidays in Spanish:
Day of the Dead(Spanish Halloween)-Dia de los Muertos
Christmas-La Navidad
Valentine's Day-El Día de tarjeta del día de San Valentín
Independence Day- Día de la Independencia

This could be useful if you ever needed to ask your Puerto Rican pen pal what days he has off from school so you could visit.

Alphabet in spanish

In Spanish we use the same alphabet as we do in English but pronounce the letters differently. Learning the Spanish alphabet will help to pronounce Spanish words and learn phonetics.
In Spanish, the letters are pronounced as follows:
a-ah n-enneh
b-beh ñ-enyeh
c-seh o-oh
d-theh p-peh
e-eh q-koo
f-effeh r-ereh
g-heh s-eseh
h-acheh t-teh
i-ee u-oo
j-hota v-beh
k-kah w-doble-beh
l-elleh x-equise
m-emmeh y-eegriayga
n-enneh z-seta
For example, the phrase “¿De donde eres tu?” would be pronounced “¿theh thontheh ehrehs too?”.
Also, 'b" and "v" are pronounced the same: with a dry b sound.

This skill could be applied if, for some reason you found yourself translating a morse code message to a group of Hispanic military. (Or maybe spelling something for your Spanish friend, one or the other...)

Observe:

How to record a phone call in spanish

What you have to say is ¿Cuál es (tu [for younger people] , usted [for elders]) Numero de telefono? to ask for their phone number
Here are the numbers
0 cero
1 uno
2 dos
3 tres
4 cuatro
5 cinco
6 seis
7 siete
8 ocho
9 nueve
10 diez
11 once
12 doce
13 trece
14 catorce
15 quince
16 dieciséis
17 diecisiete
18 dieciocho
19 diecinueve
20 veinte
21 veintiuno
30 treinta
31 treinta y uno from here down use y to separate the numbers
40 cuarenta
50 cincuenta
60 sesenta
70 setenta
80 ochenta
90 noventa

Next, you should use this knowledge of numbers for the time.
To ask the time, we say "¿Qué hora es?"
The response to this is "Es el (minutes) de (hour)."
Example: Es el veintitres de cuatro.(4:23)

To say "quarter after" "half past" or "quarter til", we say:
Quarter after-y cuarto
Half past-y media
Quarter til-menos cuarto
Example: Es el cinco menos cuarto.(4:45)

This skill could be useful in the event that you record a phone message (which also requires the question: ¿Cómo te llamas?-What is your name?

Observe:

How to have a conversation with a spanish speaking person

When you want to start a conversation you say "Hola" which means "Hi."
You can ask questions like: "¿Qué tal?", "¿Cómo estás tú? (for younger people), "¿Cómo está usted? (for elders) (both of them mean "How are you?")
You can respond: "Estoy"....(cansado/a [girls must use a],contento/a,enfermo/a etc.) "I am (happy,sad,tired etc.)

¿De dónde eres?(es[for elders])(means where are you from)response: "soy de" .....(Cuba, Guatemala etc.) meaning "I am from" .

Or even "¿Cuántos años tienes?(Tu[for younger people],Ud[for elders])which means how old are you. Response: "Tengo (catorce, once, dose etc.) años" meaning "I am" (12, 14, 10 etc.)

Lastly you say "Mucho gusto" ("Nice to meet you") they say "Igualmente"("You, too.") and then you say "Adios"("good bye")


Real life situation

You could use this in real life if you want to start a conversation during a moment of awkward silence.

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