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Weather verbs
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Impersonal verbs
Most verbs are personal: they must be conjugated to different people, such as "manger" (to eat): je mange (I eat), tu manges (you eat), etc.
However, some verbs are used impersonaly, meaning they only have one conjugation, the third person singular.
Impersonal weather verbs
The best-known group of impersonal verbs describe the weather:
French | Translation |
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II pleut | It's raining |
Il pleut des cordes | It's raining cats and dogs |
Il grêle | It's sleeting |
Il neige | It's snowing |
Il vente | It's windy |
Il tonne | There's thunder about |
Il bruine | It's drizzling |
Impersonal use of the verb "faire"
The weather conditions can be expressed by an impersonal use of "faire" followed by an adjective or a noun:
French | Translation |
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Il fait (très, trop) beau | Weather is (very, too) good |
Il fait (très, trop) mauvais (Il fait un mauvais temps) / Il fait moche (coloquial) | Weather is (very, too) bad |
Il fait soleil | It's sunny |
Il fait (très, trop) chaud | It's (very, too) hot |
Il fait (très, trop) lourd | The weather is (very, too) oppressive |
Il fait (très, trop) sec | It's very (very, too) dry |
Il fait (très, trop) humide | It's very (very, too) humid |
Il fait du brouillard | It's foggy |
Il fait de l'orage (orageux) | It's stormy |
Il fait un froid de canard | It's very cold |
Il fait du vent (il faut beaucoup de vent) | It's windy (it's very windy) |
Il fait (très, trop) bon | it's nice out |
Video: How to talk about the weather in French / la météo en francais / FRENCH LESSON - A1 lesson
How to talk about the weather in French. How to say it's sunny, it's windy, it's cloudy, it's raining / the weather, the weather forecast in French: it's sunny, it's bad, it's cloudy / what's the weather like in French.