How to Talk About Basic Weather Conditions - Examples and Variations

Learn how to talk about the weather

Also Appears In: Can Do Russian for Absolute Beginners Can Talk About Weather

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Let's look at some examples.

Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.

Солнечно (Solnechno).

Облачно (Oblachno).

Погода холодная (Pogoda kholodnaya).

Влажно. (Vlazhno.)

Сегодня дождливо. (Segodnya dozhdlivo.)

Идёт дождь. (Idyot dozhd’.)

Did you notice how I used a phrase instead of a single word?

Идёт дождь. (Idyot dozhd’.)

"It's raining."

First is идёт (idyot), “going.” Идёт. Идёт.

Идёт (idyot) is from идти (idti), “to go.” Идти.

Next is дождь (dozhd’), “rain.” Дождь. Дождь.

Together, it’s Идёт дождь (Idyot dozhd’). Literally, “going rain,” but it translates as "It's raining."

This pattern is:

Идёт WEATHER CONDITION.

It’s WEATHER CONDITION.

This pattern can be used to talk about weather elements such as rain, snow, and hail.

To use this pattern, simply replace the WEATHER CONDITION placeholder with the current weather condition.

Note: This pattern requires a noun.

Similar to “идёт дождь” (idyot dozhd’) is дождливо (dozhdlivo), also “It’s raining.” Both phrases translate as “It’s raining,” but “идёт дождь” (idyot dozhd’) conveys that “It’s raining,” at the moment, and “дождливо” (dozhdlivo) describes an ongoing state of the weather over one or more days.

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