Weather (AQA GCSE Spanish): Flashcards
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Define el invierno.
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Define el invierno.
El invierno is the Spanish for winter.
Define la primavera.
La primavera is the Spanish for spring.
Define la nube.
La nube is the Spanish for cloud.
Define el viento.
El viento is the Spanish for wind.
¿Cómo se dice "to rain" en español?
In Spanish, 'to rain' is llover.
¿Cómo se dice "to snow" en español?
In Spanish, 'to snow' is nevar.
What does the adjective seco/a mean?
The adjective seco/a means dry.
What does the adjective húmedo/a mean?
The adjective húmedo/a means humid or wet.
¿Cuál es la palabra española para "climate"?
The Spanish word for climate is el clima.
Define la estación.
La estación means season (it can also mean station).
Mi estación favorita es . (My favourite season is summer.)
Mi estación favorita es el verano.
El clima aquí es siempre . (The climate here is always dry.)
El clima aquí es siempre seco.
True or False?
The verb nevar means 'to rain'.
False.
The verb nevar means 'to snow'; 'to rain' is llover.
True or False?
The noun el sol is masculine.
True.
The noun el sol (sun) is masculine.
Define an impersonal verb.
An impersonal verb describes a condition or state with no specific human subject, such as the weather verbs hace calor or llueve.
Define the weather use of hace.
In weather expressions, hace (from hacer) is used impersonally with a noun to mean 'it is', for example hace calor (it is hot).
How do you say 'It is hot' using an impersonal verb?
'It is hot' is hace calor.
¿Cómo se dice 'It is windy' en español?
'It is windy' is hace viento.
Which third-person form of llover means 'it rains'?
The form llueve means 'it rains'.
What does nevará mean?
Nevará means 'it will snow' (from the verb nevar).
sol hoy en la playa. (It is sunny today at the beach.)
Hace sol hoy en la playa.
Llueve mucho en el . (It rains a lot in the north.)
Llueve mucho en el norte.
True or False?
To say 'It is 20 degrees', Spanish uses hace 20 grados.
True.
Spanish uses hace 20 grados for general temperature.
Which Spanish sound is practised in the verb llover?
The verb llover practises the [ll] sound.
The word otoño features which Spanish-specific sound?
The word otoño features the [ñ] sound.
Which 'r' sound is used in the word frío?
The word frío uses the single [r] sound, not the strong rolled [rr].
True or False?
The double rr represents a strong, rolled 'r' sound.
True.
The double rr is the strong, rolled 'r' sound, distinct from the single 'r'.
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