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Let's take a closer look at the conversation.
Do you remember how Rose asks,
"How's the weather?"
Как погода? (Kak pogoda?)
First is Как (Kak), which translates as "how." Как. Как.
Note, как (kak) is from как есть (kak yest') "how is," where есть (yest’) "is" is omitted.
Next is погода (pogoda), "weather." Погода. Погода.
All together, it’s Как погода? (Kak pogoda?), literally “How weather,” but it translates as "How's the weather?"
Как погода? (Kak pogoda?)
Let's take a closer look at the response.
Do you remember how Karen says,
"It’s sunny?"
Солнечно. (Solnechno.)
Солнечно (Solnechno) literally means “sunnily,” but it translates as "[It's] sunny."
Солнечно. (Solnechno.) Солнечно. (Solnechno.)
The pattern is
WEATHER CONDITION.
WEATHER CONDITION.
WEATHER CONDITION.
To use this pattern, simply replace the WEATHER CONDITION placeholder with the current weather condition.
Note: This pattern requires a word belonging to a subset of Russian adverbs sometimes called categories of state.
Imagine it's cloudy, Облачно (Oblachno). Облачно. Облачно.
Say
"It's cloudy."
Ready?
Облачно (Oblachno).
"It's cloudy."
Облачно (Oblachno).
There is another pattern that is often used to talk about weather.
Погода WEATHER CONDITION. (Pogoda WEATHER CONDITION. )
[The weather] is WEATHER CONDITION.
Note: This pattern requires a feminine form of an adjective to agree with погода (pogoda), “weather,” which is also feminine.
Let’s try this new pattern.
Say
"The weather is cloudy."
Literally, “weather cloudy.”
Ready?
Погода облачная. (Pogoda oblachnaya.)
"The weather is cloudy."
Погода облачная. (Pogoda oblachnaya.)
In Russian, the most common way to answer the question Как погода? (Kak pogoda?), "What’s the weather," is to respond with only one word that describes the weather.
However, if you'd like to be more specific, add an adverb referencing the point in time.
For example,
Сегодня солнечно (Segodnya solnechno). "Today [it's] sunny." Сегодня солнечно.
First is сегодня (segodnya), "today." Сегодня. Сегодня.
Сегодня (Segodnya) is from сегодня есть (segodnya yest’), "today is," as in "today is sunny," where есть (yest’) "is" is omitted.
Next is солнечно (solnechno), literally "sunnily," but it translates as "sunny." Солнечно.
Together Сегодня солнечно (Segodnya solnechno). "Today [is] sunny." Сегодня солнечно.

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