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Hi, everyone! I'm Paloma. |
Oi gente, aqui é a Paloma. |
Welcome to another Portuguese Whiteboard Lesson! |
In this lesson, you'll learn basic vocabulary for talking about the weather, and in particular, the words we use to indicate common weather conditions. |
Let's get started! |
Okay. The first word is… |
nevar |
nevar (enunciated) |
nevar “to snow” |
chover |
chover (enunciated) |
chover “to rain” |
fazer sol |
fazer sol (enunciated) |
fazer sol “be sunny” |
fazer frio |
fazer frio (enunciated) |
Fazer frio means “be cold.” |
And the opposite is… |
fazer calor |
fazer calor (enunciated) |
Fazer calor means “be hot.” |
We also have… |
estar nublado |
estar nublado (enunciated) |
Estar nublado means “be cloudy.” |
esquentar |
esquentar (enunciated) |
Esquentar means “be warm.” |
Esquentar or “to become warm.” |
chover bastante |
chover bastante (enunciated) |
Chover bastante means “rain a lot.” |
Bastante means “a lot.” |
ventar |
ventar (enunciated) |
Ventar means “be windy.” |
It’s a verb in Portuguese. |
And we also have… |
ventar bastante |
ventar bastante (enunciated) |
ventar bastante |
Bastante means “a lot” so be “be very windy.” |
Okay, now let’s see the dialogue. |
Como vai estar o tempo hoje? |
“How will the weather be today?” |
Vai fazer sol de manhã. |
“It will be sunny in the morning.” |
E vai chover à tarde. |
“And it will rain in the afternoon.” |
So you can see the pattern that is… |
Vai [WEATHER EXPRESSION] [TIME EXPRESSION]. |
Vai means “it will.” In this case, we omit the “it” in this sentence, so we only say vai which is the verb. |
And then we have another expression which is… |
E vai which means “and it will.” |
Vai or E vai [WEATHER EXPRESSION] [TIME EXPRESSION]. |
Okay, now, let’s see some vocabulary for time expressions as well |
hoje |
hoje (enunciated) |
hoje “today” |
amanhã |
amanhã (enunciated) |
amanhã “tomorrow” |
de madrugada |
de madrugada (enunciated) |
de madrugada “at dawn” |
de manhã |
de manhã (enunciated) |
de manhã “in the morning” |
You can see this is very similar so make sure it’s not mistaken. |
Amanhã is “tomorrow” and de manhã “in the morning.” |
à tarde |
à tarde (enunciated) |
À tarde means “in the afternoon.” |
durante o dia |
durante o dia (enunciated) |
durante o dia “during the day” |
And the last one is… |
o dia inteiro |
o dia inteiro |
O dia inteiro means “all day.” |
Inteiro means “whole” so the o dia “day” “whole,” “all day” in English. |
Okay. Now, let’s see the dialogue. |
Como vai estar o tempo hoje? |
Vai fazer sol de manhã. E vai chover à tarde. |
We use the crase, this little accent here, but we say it the same way, /a/. |
There is no change in the pronunciation. |
Como vai estar o tempo hoje? |
“How will the weather be today?” |
Vai fazer sol de manhã. “It will be sunny in the morning. |
E vai chover à tarde. “And it will rain in the afternoon.” |
So you can see the pattern is… |
Vai “It will,” then we have the [WEATHER EXPRESSION] and [TIME EXPRESSION]. |
You can see here that we only have vai. |
Vai is a conjugated form of the verb ir which means “to go” and is the future form. |
We don’t need to say “it” because it’s already implied in a sentence. |
Vai “It will” |
E vai |
E means “and.” |
“And it will” |
Okay, so the pattern is, again… |
Vai / E vai [WEATHER EXPRESSION] [TIME EXPRESSION]. |
Let’s see some more examples, okay? |
Vai fazer sol o dia inteiro. “It will be sunny all day.” |
E vai fazer frio amanhã. “And it will be cold tomorrow.” |
Vai chover de madrugada. “It will rain at dawn.” |
E vai fazer calor durante o dia. |
E vai fazer calor durante o dia. “And it will be hot during the day.” |
Okay, so since we’re talking about the weather, let’s talk a bit about the weather in Brazil. |
It is actually very humid compared to other countries such as the US, for example. The driest season is winter, which is from June to September. |
Remember that Brazil is in the Southern Hemisphere, so the seasons are actually the opposite, so summer is in December and winter is in July. |
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