Japanese/Lessons/Introduction/Ii tenki desu ne/Talking about the weather
< Japanese
The Japanese commonly chat about the weather in idle conversation.
Related vocabulary
| (<time> は) <adjective>天気 ですね。 |
Words such as "いい" (good), "わるい" (bad), "あつい" (hot), あたたかい (warm), "すずしい" (cool), "さむい" (cold) and "ひどい" (terrible) are commonly used to describe the weather.
- いいてんきですね。 — Nice weather, isn't it?
- 昨日、天気が寒かったです。 — Yesterday, the weather was cold.
Grammar Patterns
[edit | edit source]- "~ですね。"
- When "ね" is added after "です", it translates similarly to "isn't it?", or "eh?".
- そうですね。
- A phrase that usually translates to "it is, isn't it" in this context.
Examples
[edit | edit source]| Japanese | English | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| としお: | きょうはいいてんきですね。 | Toshio: | It's nice weather today, isn't it? |
| きみこ: | そうですね。 | Kimiko: | It is, isn't it. |