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<span id="Talking_about_the_weather_in_French"></span><h2><span class="color_21">Talking about the weather in French</span></h2> <p class="font_7"><span class="color_21">Weather in French can be translated as <strong>la météo</strong> or <strong>le temps</strong> which also </span><span class="color_21">means</span><span class="color_23"><a href="https://www.learnfrenchwithchanty.com/post/how-to-ask-and-tell-time-in-french" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">time</a></span><span class="color_23"><a href="https://www.learnfrenchwithchanty.com/post/how-to-ask-and-tell-time-in-french" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"> in French.</a></span></p> <p class="font_7"><span class="color_21">To ask about the weather </span><span class="color_21">:</span></p> <ul class="font_7 color_21"> <li><strong><span class="color_21">Quel temps fait-il ?</span></strong></li> </ul> <p class="font_7"><span class="color_21">To reply use: </span></p> <ul> <li class="font_7"><span class="color_21">Il fait + adverb</span></li> </ul> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="564" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=88" title="Temps avec faire" width="958"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span class="color_21" style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="wixGuard">☞ </span></span><span class="color_21"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Il fait beau.</span> <span class="mt-color-666699"><em>It is nice.</em></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span class="color_21">Il + conjugated verb </span></li> </ul> <p class="font_7" style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="text-align:initial;font-size:1em;"><span class="color_21" style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="wixGuard">☞ </span></span><span class="color_21"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Il neige.</span> <span class="mt-color-666699"><em>It is snowing</em></span></span></span></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span class="color_21" style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="wixGuard">☞ </span></span><span class="color_21"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Il pleut.</span> <span class="mt-color-666699"><em>It is raining.</em></span></span></p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="564" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=90" title="Le temps : Il + verbe" width="958"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <ul> <li class="font_3"><span class="color_21">Il y a + du / de la/ de l’ / des </span></li> </ul> <p class="font_8" style="padding-left: 40px"><span class="color_21"><span class="wixGuard"><span class="color_21" style="color:#0000ff;">☞ </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">Il y a du vent.</span> <span class="mt-color-666699"><em>It is windy.</em></span></span></span></p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="564" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=89" title="Le temps - Il y a ..." width="958"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <ul> <li class="font_7"><span class="color_21"><span class="wixGuard">​</span></span><span class="color_21">Le temps est + adjectif </span></li> </ul> <p class="font_8" style="padding-left: 40px"><span class="color_21"><span class="wixGuard">​<span class="color_21" style="color:#0000ff;">☞ </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">Le temps est orageux</span> <span class="mt-color-666699"><em>The weather is stormy.</em></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li class="font_7"><span style="text-align:initial;font-size:1em;">Il fait+ Nombre+ degrés when talking about the temperature</span></li> </ul> <p class="font_7" style="padding-left: 40px"><span class="color_21"><span class="wixGuard">​<span class="color_21" style="color:#0000ff;">☞ Il fait 30 degrés. </span><span class="mt-color-666699"><em>It is 30 degrees. </em></span></span></span><span style="text-align:initial;font-size:1em;">​</span></p> <p class="font_7"><span class="color_21"><span style="color:#800080;">Note:</span> France uses degree Celsius not Fahrenheit.</span></p> <p class="font_7"><span class="color_21"><span class="wixGuard">​</span></span></p>
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