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Let's take a closer look at the conversation.
Do you remember how Fernanda asks,
"How is the weather?"
Como está o tempo?
First is como, "how" in this context. Como. Como.
Next is está, "is." Está. Está.
Note: está is from the verb estar, meaning "to be." Estar.
Next is o tempo, "the weather." o tempo.
Let's start with tempo, "weather." Tempo. Tempo.
In Portuguese, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Tempo is masculine and singular — a fact which will determine the form of other words in the sentence.
Before tempo is the article o. Think of it like "the" in English. O. O.
O is also masculine and singular to agree with tempo.
Together, o tempo, "the weather." O tempo.
All together, it's Como está o tempo?, "How is the weather?"
Como está o tempo?
Let's take a closer look at the response.
Do you remember how Karen says,
"It's raining."
Está chovendo.
First is Está, literally “is,” but translates as "[it] is."Está. Está.
Note: está is from the verb estar, meaning "to be." Estar.
Next is chovendo, "raining." Chovendo. Chovendo.
Chovendo is from the verb chover, meaning "to rain." Chover.
All together, it's Está chovendo. This literally means “is raining,” but translates as "it's raining."
Está chovendo.
The pattern is
Está WEATHER CONDITION.
"It's WEATHER CONDITION."
Está WEATHER CONDITION.
To use this pattern, simply replace the WEATHER CONDITION placeholder with a suitable word that describes a weather condition.
Note: This pattern requires a gerund form to complete the present continuous verb tense.
Imagine you are in a very cold place, and it's "snowing," nevando. Nevando. Nevando.
Say
"It's snowing."
Ready?
Está nevando.
"It's snowing."
Está nevando.
Not all weather conditions can be described with this pattern, so you'll need other patterns, such as:
Está WEATHER CONDITION.
"It's WEATHER CONDITION."
Está WEATHER CONDITION.
To use this pattern, simply replace the {weather condition} placeholder with a suitable weather condition.
Note: This pattern requires an adjective.
For example, Está ensolarado. It's sunny. Está ensolarado.
In this lesson, you'll learn adjectives related to the weather that you can use with this pattern, such as ensolarado, "sunny," and bom, "good."
In daily conversations, it's common for Brazilians to use tá, an abbreviated form of está. Applying this to the line for "How is the weather?"
Como está o tempo? becomes Como tá o tempo?
Applying the same change to the response, “It's raining,”
Está chovendo, becomes Tá chovendo.

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