Intermediate, Weather.

Konbanwa, mina-san.

Jeremi desu.

Today's lesson:

Intermediate weather! Brrr!

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For today's lesson, we will be learning more advanced phrases associated with the weather.

Although this topic is related to the weather, you can use these words in many contexts and you get an increased perception of Japanese grammar! Which is always a bonus!

First off, we will start off with some new nouns / adjectives / etc, and later on use these in

phrases.

Atatakai- Warm

Taiyou- Sun

Boushi- Hat

Kasa- Umbrella

Mafura- Scarf

Sunglasses- Sungarasu

Raincoat- Rein-koto

Here is an alternative way of saying "Tenki wa dou desu ka?", or "How is the weather?".

A bit of variety is useful when learning a language, it's a necessity when trying to understand others!

"Donna tenki desu ka?".

Ima wa hareteimasu- It's now fine!

Ima wa kumotteimasu- It's now cloudy

Ima wa.... - It's now (state of weather inserted here, or anything!)

Ima wa aoi desu- It's now blue!

Boushi wo kabuteimasu- Is wearing a hat

Mafura wo shiteimasu- Is wearing a scarf

Sangarasu wo kaketeimasu- Is wearing sunglasses

Rein-koto wo sashiteimasu- Is using a raincoat!

Naze rein-koto wo sashiteimasu- Why are you using a coat?

Ame ga futteimasu kara- Because it's raining!

Naze..... - Why....

....... Kara- Because.......

Kasa wo sashiteimasu- Is using an umbrella

Ame ga futteimasu kara, kasa wo sashiteimasu- Because it's raining, is using an

umbrella.

Now, I'd like to explain the grammar used in this lesson.

As you may have noticed, Japanese is very context specific.

Due to this fact, usually you can drop he,she, her, him, etc when in a situation / context which is obvious that you're referring to that person/place.

It sounds like a mouthful, but trust me, it makes Japanese insanely easier.

For example! Let's say.... Hmm... A basic example is that there are 2 people in a room, only one is wearing sunglasses. If you state "Naze sungarasu ga kaketeimasu ka?" "Why are wearing sunglasses?", it's obvious that you are referring to that individual and do not need to add "you" or "anata" into the sentence. Get it? Good :)

Study hard!

Mata ne!