Learn to make small talk about the weather
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| Let's look at some examples. |
| Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers. |
| Как жарко! (Kak zharko!) |
| Как жарко! (Kak zharko!) |
| Как холодно! (Kak kholodno!) |
| Как холодно! (Kak kholodno!) |
| Kak душно! (Kak dushno!) |
| Kak душно! (Kak dushno!) |
| Какая плохая погода! (Kakaya plokhaya pogoda!) |
| Какая плохая погода! (Kakaya plokhaya pogoda!) |
| Какая прекрасная погода! (Kakaya prekrasnaya pogoda!) |
| Какая прекрасная погода! (Kakaya prekrasnaya pogoda!) |
| Did you notice how the last two speakers, Mark and I, used slightly longer phrases? |
| Let's start with Какая прекрасная погода! (Kakaya prekrasnaya pogoda!) |
| "What beautiful weather." |
| Какая прекрасная погода! (Kakaya prekrasnaya pogoda!) |
| Let’s start with погода (pogoda), "weather." Погода. Погода. |
| In Russian, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Погода (pogoda) is feminine and singular — a fact which will determine the form of other words in the sentence. |
| Before this is прекрасная (prekrasnaya), “beautiful.” Прекрасная. Прекрасная. |
| Прекрасная (prekrasnaya) is singular and feminine to agree with погода (pogoda). |
| Moving to the front of the sentence, какая (kakaya), translating as “what” in this context. Какая . Какая. |
| Какая (kakaya) is singular and feminine to agree with погода (pogoda). |
| All together is Какая прекрасная погода! (Kakaya prekrasnaya pogoda!). "What beautiful weather!" |
| Какая прекрасная погода! (Kakaya prekrasnaya pogoda!) |
| Let’s look at the other example, Какая плохая погода! (Kakaya plokhaya pogoda!) "What bad weather." Какая плохая погода! |
| Recall, Погода is singular and feminine, and this determines forms of other words of the sentence. |
| Before this is Плохая (Plokhaya), "bad." Плохая. Плохая. |
| Плохая (Plokhaya) is singular and feminine to agree with погода (pogoda). |
| Together, плохая погода (plokhaya pogoda) is "bad weather." Плохая погода. |
| Moving to the front of the sentence, какая (kakaya), “what,” in this context. Какая. |
| Какая (kakaya) is singular and feminine to agree with погода (pogoda). |
| All together, Какая плохая погода! (Kakaya plokhaya pogoda!) "What bad weather." Какая плохая погода! |
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