Welcome back to Italian for Beginners!
In Lesson 7 you learned how to describe your daily routine — what time you wake up, what you do in the morning and evening, and how to talk about everyday activities.
Today we’re looking outside the window. Weather is one of the most common conversation topics in Italian (and almost every language). It’s also extremely useful when you’re travelling, making plans, or just chatting.
Andiamo! — Let’s go!
Learning objectives
By the end of this lesson you will be able to:
- Describe the weather in Italian
- Talk about the seasons
- Say whether you like a particular type of weather
- Make simple comments about the weather in conversation
- Understand common weather-related expressions
1. Basic weather expressions
| Italian | English |
|---|---|
| Che tempo fa? | What’s the weather like? |
| Fa bel tempo | The weather is nice / It’s good weather |
| Fa brutto tempo | The weather is bad |
| È bello | It’s nice / beautiful (weather) |
| È brutto | It’s bad (weather) |
| Fa caldo | It’s hot |
| Fa freddo | It’s cold |
| Fa fresco | It’s cool / fresh |
| Piove | It’s raining |
| Nevica | It’s snowing |
| C’è il sole | It’s sunny |
| C’è il vento | It’s windy |
| È nuvoloso | It’s cloudy |
Useful sentences:
- Oggi fa bel tempo. — Today the weather is nice.
- Piove. — It’s raining.
- Fa molto caldo. — It’s very hot.
- C’è il sole e fa caldo. — It’s sunny and hot.
2. The seasons
| Italian | English |
|---|---|
| la primavera | spring |
| l’estate | summer |
| l’autunno | autumn / fall |
| l’inverno | winter |
Example sentences:
- In estate fa caldo. — In summer it’s hot.
- In inverno fa freddo e a volte nevica. — In winter it’s cold and sometimes it snows.
- Mi piace la primavera. — I like spring.
3. Saying what you like
Use mi piace with the weather or season:
- Mi piace il sole. — I like the sun.
- Mi piace quando piove. — I like it when it rains.
- Non mi piace il freddo. — I don’t like the cold.
- Preferisco l’estate. — I prefer summer.
4. Short dialogue
Anna: Ciao Marco! Che tempo fa oggi?
Marco: Ciao Anna! Fa bel tempo. C’è il sole e fa caldo.
Anna: Perfetto! Mi piace quando fa caldo. E ieri?
Marco: Ieri pioveva.
Anna: Ah, allora meglio oggi!
Translation:
Anna: Hi Marco! What’s the weather like today?
Marco: Hi Anna! The weather is nice. It’s sunny and hot.
Anna: Perfect! I like it when it’s hot. And yesterday?
Marco: Yesterday it was raining.
Anna: Ah, then better today!
5. Practice
Exercise 1 — Translate into Italian
- What’s the weather like?
- It’s raining.
- It’s very cold.
- I like summer.
- Today the weather is nice.
Exercise 2 — Complete the sentences
- Oggi ______ bel tempo. (fa / fa)
- In inverno ______ freddo. (fa / è)
- Mi piace quando ______ il sole. (c’è / fa)
- Non mi piace quando ______. (piove / neve)
Tip of the day
When you’re learning weather vocabulary, look out of your real window and describe what you see in Italian. Even one sentence a day (“Oggi piove” or “C’è il sole”) helps the words stick.
You’ve finished Lesson 8! You can now talk about the weather and the seasons in Italian.
Next time we’ll look at family and describing people.
A presto! — See you soon!
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