Planning Around the Weather

Planning Around the Weather in Italian

When making plans with friends or family, talking about the weather forecast is essential! At the A2 level, you can use simple modal verbs and weather expressions to decide what to do.

Key Rules

  • Use fa for weather conditions like sun and wind (e.g., fa caldo - it is hot).
  • Use c'è for weather nouns (e.g., c'è il sole - there is sun).
  • Use piove or nevica directly as verbs for rain and snow.

Useful Examples

Domani andiamo al mare se fa bel tempo. (Tomorrow we are going to the beach if the weather is nice.)

Non possiamo uscire perché piove. (We cannot go out because it is raining.)

Common Mistakes

Avoid saying *è caldo* for the weather; in Italian, we say fa caldo (it makes/does heat) for atmospheric conditions.

Words

le previsioni del tempo
weather forecast
Cosa dicono le previsioni del tempo?What does the weather forecast say?
il tempo
weather
Com'è il tempo oggi?What is the weather like today?
bel tempo
good weather
Speriamo in un bel tempo domani.We hope for good weather tomorrow.
brutto tempo
bad weather
Con questo brutto tempo resto a casa.With this bad weather I am staying at home.
piovere
to rain
Comincia a piovere.It is starting to rain.
nevicare
to snow
In montagna comincia a nevicare.It is starting to snow in the mountains.
tirare vento
to be windy
Oggi tira molto vento.It is very windy today.
nuvoloso
cloudy
Il cielo è nuvoloso.The sky is cloudy.
andiamo a
let's go to
Andiamo al parco se c'è il sole.Let's go to the park if it is sunny.
rimanere a casa
to stay at home
Preferisco rimanere a casa quando piove.I prefer to stay at home when it rains.

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Patterns

Se fa ___, andiamo ___.

Expressing a conditional plan based on the weather.

Se fa bel tempo, andiamo al mare.If the weather is nice, we go to the beach.

Non possiamo ___ perché ___.

Explaining why plans are cancelled due to weather.

Non possiamo uscire perché piove.We cannot go out because it is raining.

Che tempo fa ___?

Asking about the weather in a specific place or time.

Che tempo fa domani?What is the weather like tomorrow?