Il fait beau? Il ne fait pas beau? Today we are going to learn how to talk about the weather in French. We will go through the basic vocabulary, expressions and the verbs that are involved in building those sentences.
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The weather in French – La météo en français
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Le beau temps
Les expressions
FR | EN |
Il fait beau | The weather is nice |
Il fait chaud | It’s hot/warm |
Il y a du soleil | It’s sunny |
Il fait bon | The temperature is nice |
Le mauvais temps
Les expressions
FR | EN |
Il ne fait pas beau | The weather is not nice |
Il fait froid | It’s cold |
Il y a du vent | It’s windy |
Il pleut | It’s raining |
Il fait nuageux | It’s cloudy |
Il grêle | It’s hailing |
Il fait orageux | It’s stormy |
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FR | EN |
Le soleil | The sun |
Un nuage | A cloud Clouds |
Le vent | Wind |
La pluie | Rain |
La neige | Snow |
La grêle | Hail |
L’orage | The storm |
La foudre | Lightning |
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Quels sont les verbes utilisés ?
What are the verbs used to talk about the weather in French?
FR | EN |
Faire (impersonal) | To do |
Pleuvoir (impersonal) | To rain |
Grêler (impersonal) | To hail |
Neiger (impersonal) | To snow |
Tomber | To fall |
Annoncer | To announce |
Prévoir | To foresee |
How to use the verbs
Regarding the weather, we are going to use structures that contain impersonal verbs, like “il fait beau”. What are impersonal verbs? They are verbs that will be conjugated with “il”, but do not necessarily refer to a person or a subject in particular.
Quel temps fait-il?
Il fait beau
Il fait chaud
Il neige
Il pleut
Il grêle
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