Immersive Spanish - Immersive Spanish con Kav - Episode 11 - Un día lluvioso

Episode Date: August 22, 2023

Join Kav as he spends a day in his hotel room as it's raining in Barcelona. He will teach you some basic phrases about the weather.Ready to transform listening into speaking? Fluency Builder gives you unlimited conversation practice in realistic scenarios - cafés, restaurants, travel situations. Practice what you just learned, get instant feedback, and finally speak with confidence. Start now: studio.com/immersivespanish.Episode transcription available here.Practice what you learned and build real fluency: studio.com/immersivespanish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Let me just open my window. Tell me what you can hear. Can you believe it? A rainy summer's day in the Mediterranean city of Barcelona. A rainy day indeed. A rainy day in Spanish is One day Juvioso. Well, a rainy day is one spent indoors.

I mean, who wants to go out in this weather? Not me. The good news is that it provides us the perfect opportunity to go over the weather in Spanish. We British love talking about the weather, as it's the perfect icebreaker. No pun intended. In English, when described, describing the weather, we refer to what it is. For example, it is raining, it is sunny, it is hot, it is nice, it is cold and so on.

Well, in Spanish, not only do we refer to the weather in terms of what it currently is, but we also refer to the weather in terms of what it makes. What it makes? How peculiar you may be thinking? Well, instead of saying that it is hot, in Spanish, we say it makes heat. Instead of saying it is cold, we say it makes cold. Instead of saying it is nice weather, we would say it makes nice weather. Instead of saying it is bad weather.

In Spanish we say it makes bad weather. Finally, not only do we refer to the weather in terms of what it is currently doing and in terms of what it makes, but in Spanish, we would thirdly refer to the weather in terms of what there is or what there are. For example, there are clouds, there is fog, there is sun, there is rain. Have I just dumped a lot of information on you? Let's make sense of these three ways of referring to the weather in Spanish. We should begin with what we are familiar with in English, describing what the weather is. To describe what the weather is currently, in this same moment, we use the verb ester.

Estar, E-S-T-A-R means to be, in a temporary. non-permanent state. In Spanish, we conjugate a verb depending on who is performing the action. Because we refer to the weather in third person, we conjugate the verb ester to its third person form. Estes. Esta. Esta means it is.

Say it after me. Estab. So, to say it is sunny, we say. To say it is Soleado To say it is cloudy We say It's nublado

Estab Nublado To remember nublado Think of little nubs in the sky To say it is raining We say It's joviento To say it is snowing

we say It's nevando Estabando Estab nevando To remember this Just think of the state of Nevada Nevada means snowy Nevada is a very hot state

However, in winter Its mountains become snow-capped hence its name Nevada. So, to help us remember this phrase, it is snowing, we can just say Estes nairando in Nevada, meaning it is snowing in Nevada.

Cool! So now we are beginning to understand how we can describe the weather in terms of what it currently is. Let's move on. I'm going to break down, how we refer to the weather in terms of what it makes. To do that we use the verb acer. Again, we conjugate this verb to its third-person form and that's because we are

talking about the weather in third person. The third-person conjugation of a-sair spelled H-A-C-E-R is Yes, we simply remove the R from the verb Acer and voila. Acer means to make or do. Ase means it makes or it does. Unlike in English where we say it is hot or cold, in Spanish we say it makes heat or it makes cold.

And when we're referring to it, of course, we are referring to the weather in third person. Remember, in Spanish, we do not say it is hot, but instead we say it makes heat. So, to say it makes heat in Spanish, we say, Ase Calor. Ase Calor. When you say Calor, I want you to think of the color red. Oh, I want you to think of a hot summer's day. I want you to think of heat in the kitchen because

calor means heat. Woof, I say much calor. If we want to say it is cold, we say it makes cold. Ase frio. Ase frio. One more time.

If we want to say it is cold, we say it makes cold. Ase frio. In English, when the weather is good, we often say that it's a nice day. In Spanish, we would say it makes a good time. Of course, we're referring to the weather. So, to say that, we say, Ase Buen Tiempo.

It makes a good time. Ase when time When the weather is bad we say that it makes a bad time Ase mal Tiempo

Finally, in Spanish when describing the weather we can talk about things there are like wind or rain or clouds or fog etc. To do this, we use the word I, spelt H, A, Y.

Not like hey though. In Spanish, the H is silent, and so we pronounce just the A and Y. It's pronounced like the word I in English. Say it after me. I. I means there is, or. or there are. So to say there is wind we say ay viento, to say there is fog we say ay nyebla. To say there is rain, I juvia. I juvia. To say there is

I juvia. I juvia. To say there are clouds, we say, I, nubes. I, nulves. Awesome people. We covered a lot there, so give yourself a small pat on the back. And you know what?

Look, I'm on holiday. As the English say, There's no such thing as bad weather. Just bad clothing. clothing. Unfortunately, I didn't pack a raincoat or an umbrella. Duh, of course not. But I believe I can get an umbrella downstairs from reception. Come on then, let's go downstairs and get ourselves an umbrella so we can take to the streets. While we wait in the elevator, let's go through what we've learned. How would you say, It is hot.

Or more correctly, it makes heat. Ase calor. Ase. Calor. How would you say, it is cold? Or more correctly, it makes cold. Ase frio. Ase.

How would you say, it is good weather? Or, it makes a good time. Howe? How would you say it is bad weather or it makes a bad time? Ase mal time. Ase mal time. How would you say there is wind?

There is wind. How would you say there is rain? I juvia. How would you say there is fog? There is nyebla. How would you say there are clouds? I nubes. How would you say it is sunny?

How would you say it is raining? It is raining. It's jovying. It's jovying. How would you say it is cloudy? It's nublado. How would you say it is snowing? It's nevando.

It's... ...nevando. Fantastic. You have completed the test. How did you find it? I have to say that was a very slow elevator. Good job I don't have claustrophobia. Right.

Let's go to the reception and ask for a complimentary umbrella. Hello, senor. Good tardes. Como le va? I need to ask this gentleman if he can lend me a raincoat. To do that, I will ask, Me Pue prester un impermeable. Me

Prestar an impermeable. Señor, me can prester unimpermeable? Wait, what? He doesn't have a raincoat despair? Okay.

Let me ask him if he has an umbrella. To ask, Do you have an umbrella? You would say, Tiena Un Paraguas Tien One

Paraguas Ready? Senor Tine an Paraguas for favor Ay, much

gracious Señor. The cheek! The receptionist has just told me I'd need to pay five euros just to borrow

the umbrella. Talk about taking advantage. I'm going to give him the money though, because I don't want to be stuck inside. Bueno, seor, here are your 5 euros. Much gracias. Ja!

I'm ready. Let's go outside and have a rainy adventure. Oh my goodness, can you believe it? The rain's gone. It's beautiful now. I paid five euros for nothing. Never mind. least I can enjoy that Mediterranean sun that I was expecting.