4.1 – Počasí – Talking about the Weather
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First, we’re going to be talking about what the weather is like today, so we need the word for today:
dnes or dneska (colloquial)
If you want to ask about the weather (počasí), ask the question:
Jaké je dnes počasí? What kind of weather is there today?
or colloquially:
Jaké je dneska počasí?
Finally, you might use the word venku – outside
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You can respond using a number of weather adverbs (don’t worry too much about why they are considered adverbs; just know that these are the forms you need to use).
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dusno |
muggy |
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chladno |
cold, cool |
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hezky |
pretty |
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horko |
hot |
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hnusno |
disgusting |
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jasno |
clear |
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mlhavo |
foggy |
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oblačno |
cloudy |
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pěkně |
pretty |
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polojasno |
partly cloudy |
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příjemně |
pleasant |
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slunečno |
sunny |
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sucho |
dry |
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teplo |
warm |
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vedro |
really hot, scorching hot |
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vlhko |
humid |
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zataženo |
overcast |
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zamračeno |
cloudy |
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zima |
cold (technically a noun) |
Examples:
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Venku je velmi chladno. It’s very cold outside. |
Venku je horko. It’s hot outside. |
Je dusno a zamračeno. It’s muggy and cloudy. |
The word zima – ‘cold’ is actually a noun (you’re actually saying something like ‘there is coldness’. You’ll literally say:
Je velká zima.
‘It is great cold’ i.e. ‘It’s very cold’.
Another noun that might come in handy is bouřka ‘storm’. You can say:
Venku je bouřka.
There’s a storm outside.
Weather Verbs
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blýskat se |
to flash |
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blýská se |
there’s lightning (lit. it’s flashing) |
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foukat (-á-) |
to blow |
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fouká vítr |
the wind is blowing |
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mrznout (mrzn-; -e-) |
to freeze |
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mrzne |
it’s freezing |
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padat (-á-) |
to fall |
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padá sníh |
snow is falling |
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poprchávat(-á-) |
to drizzle |
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poprchává |
it’s drizzling |
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pršet (-í-) |
to rain |
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prší |
it’s raining |
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sněžit (-í-) |
to snow |
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sněží |
it’s snowing |
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svítit (-í-) |
to shine |
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svítí slunce |
the sun is shining |
You can use some of the above verbs to talk about the weather as well. These will be used in the 3rd person naturally (i.e. – you won’t say ‘I’m raining’, ‘you’re snowing’, etc.)
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Dnes prší. It’s raining today. |
Tady často sněží. It snows often here. |
Fouká silný vítr. A strong wind is blowing. |
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