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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
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Patterns
Se fa ___, andiamo ___.
Expressing a conditional plan based on the weather.
Non possiamo ___ perché ___.
Explaining why plans are cancelled due to weather.
Che tempo fa ___?
Asking about the weather in a specific place or time.