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Concepto: las expresiones del tiempo las expresiones del tiempo

What you will find in this presentation: 1. Introduction to Weather Expressions A. How to express “it” B. Differing Verb Expressions 2. Nouns vs. Verbs 3. Practice Exercises

It’s important to know the phrase “it’s _____”. In English, we use this all the time when we express the weather. But…what exactly is “it”? Are we talking about the sky? The location of where we are at? What is “it”? In Spanish, it is the same thing. However, there is no specific translation for the word “it”.

In order to express “it”, in Spanish, you simply do not put a subject in front of a verb at all. Example: Es bonito. (It’s pretty.) Example: Es una lástima. (It’s a shame.) Example: Me aburre. (It bores me.) Notice that in all of the above examples, there are no subject pronouns in front of the verb. This is the simple way to express “it” in Spanish.

Weather expressions vary in English and in Spanish. This means that we use different verb forms to express the weather. For example, one can say in English: “It’s cloudy.” “It’s cloudy.” “It’s storming.” “It’s storming.” “It’s hot.” “It’s hot.” However, you would never say “It’s clouding.” or “It’s hotting.”

Weather expressions vary. This means that there are different verb forms to use when expressing the weather. It depends on the expression, just like in English, we would say “It’s sunny” instead of “It’s sunning.” The four ways to express weather are: Hace Example: Hace calor. (It’s hot.) Hace Example: Hace calor. (It’s hot.) Hay Example: Hay niebla. (It’s foggy.) Hay Example: Hay niebla. (It’s foggy.) Está Example: Está nublado. (It’s cloudy.) Está Example: Está nublado. (It’s cloudy.) A verb that stands alone. Example: Llueve. (It’s raining.) A verb that stands alone. Example: Llueve. (It’s raining.)

Review: Nouns: are names of people, places or things that when in the common form can take an article “the” or “a/an”. Nouns: are names of people, places or things that when in the common form can take an article “the” or “a/an”. Verbs: are words that express a state of being, action and that can take tense (i.e. past, present or future). Verbs: are words that express a state of being, action and that can take tense (i.e. past, present or future). These concepts apply to nouns and verbs in Spanish. You will notice that the verb phrases that you are learning in Spanish refer to weather that is occurring or happening. Many of these words though can be used as nouns. How do you tell? Simple…by the article.

Llueve. vs. la lluvia Llueve. Is actually a sentence in Spanish, which is why it is capitalized and ends with a period. Llueve. Is actually a sentence in Spanish, which is why it is capitalized and ends with a period. La lluvia is obviously a noun, because it takes the article “la”. La lluvia is obviously a noun, because it takes the article “la”. Llueve. is a verb phrase already, it cannot DO something. La lluvia is a noun, it can DO something, because it can be a subject. Example: La lluvia es deprimida. (The rain is depressing.)

Nieva. vs. la nieve Let’s try this example with “snow”. 1. La nieve es blanca. (The snow is white.) 2. Nieva mucho en Colorado. (It snows a lot in Colorado.) 1. La nieve is an object that takes an article and can “do” something. The verb that it is doing is “being” white. 2. Nieva is a verb phrase that is the actual action pertaining to what it does a lot in Colorado.

Before working on the assessment to see your progress at this point, make sure to complete the question before clicking to see the answer. Before working on the assessment to see your progress at this point, make sure to complete the question before clicking to see the answer. 1. The first click will show all the problems. 1. The first click will show all the problems. 2. Write your answers on a piece of paper LARGE and NEATLY 2. Write your answers on a piece of paper LARGE and NEATLY 3. Then click for each individual answer. 3. Then click for each individual answer. 4. Correct your work. DO NOT ERASE, because you need to see where your mistake is. 4. Correct your work. DO NOT ERASE, because you need to see where your mistake is. 5. Take each piece of the number at a time, as it takes a step by step process to build large numbers. 5. Take each piece of the number at a time, as it takes a step by step process to build large numbers.

1. It is humid in August. 2. It is always sunny in Philadelphia. 3. The rain is depressing. 4. It is cold when it is cloudy. 5. It never snows in Phoenix. 6. It is windy in the fall. 7. I like the snow. Hay humedad en agosto. La lluvia es deprimida. Hace viento en el otoño. Siempre hace sol en Philadelphia. Hace frío cuando está nublado. Nunca nieva en Phoenix. Me gusta la nieve.

1. Check over your work. 1. Check over your work. 2. If you had any errors, make sure to be aware of what they were. 2. If you had any errors, make sure to be aware of what they were. If they were common errors, then make sure you aware of that error before the exam. If they were common errors, then make sure you aware of that error before the exam. 3. If you had different kinds of errors, and are having difficulties with expressing weather; this is the point when you need to come into office hours for help on resolving your issues with the content. That’s what I am here to assist you with. 3. If you had different kinds of errors, and are having difficulties with expressing weather; this is the point when you need to come into office hours for help on resolving your issues with the content. That’s what I am here to assist you with. 4. If your errors are minor and consistent, make sure to fix those errors. 4. If your errors are minor and consistent, make sure to fix those errors.