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Ok, let’s take a look at the key vocabulary for this lesson.
The vocabulary for this lesson is weather-related words. Let’s go one by one.
First is,
あつい (atsui)
あつい (atsui) meanas “hot”
あつい (atsui)
Next is, さむい (samui).
さむい (samui) means "cold”
さむい (samui)
さむい (samui)
Next is, むしあつい (mushiatsui)
This means "muggy” or “humid”
むしあつい (mushiatsui)
むしあつい (mushiatsui)
Next is, あめ (ame)
あめ (ame) "rainy” or “rain”
あめ (ame)
Next is, ゆき (yuki)
ゆき (yuki), this means “snow” or "snowy”
ゆき (yuki)
Next is, かぜがつよい (kaze ga tsuyoi)
かぜがつよい (kaze ga tsuyoi), this means "windy”
かぜがつよい (kaze ga tsuyoi)
Next we have, あたたかい (atatakai)
あたたかい (atatakai), this means "warm”
あたたかい (atatakai)
Finally is, すずしい (suzushii)
すずしい (suzushii), this means "cool”
すずしい (suzushii)
Ok, so with these vocabulary in our minds, let’s take a look at a dialogue for this lesson.
Ok, let’s take a look at the dialogue for this lesson.
Imagine this dialogue is between two neighbours who meet in the elevator.
One of them says,
きょうは　あついですね。(Kyō wa atsui desu ne.)
And the other person says,
そうですね。(Sō desu ne.)
This means "It's hot today, isn't it?"
きょうは　あついですね。(Kyō wa atsui desu ne.)
And the reply is, "It is, isn't it?"
そうですね。(Sō desu ne.)
In the first sentence, we see あつい (atsui) “hot,” one of the weather related words. Let’s take a look at few more example sentences now.
Ok, let’s take a look at few more example sentences.
First we have,
きょうは さむいですね。 (Kyō wa samui desu ne.)
Which means "It's cold today, isn't it?"
In this sentence, the weather word is さむい (samui).
さむい (samui) “cold”
It comes before this ですね (desu ne)
ですね (desu ne)
So this です (desu) represents, in English, kinda like “is” feeling for the sentence. And this ね (ne) at the end makes it kind of a confirmation question.
"It's cold today, isn't it?"
きょうは さむいですね。 (Kyō wa samui desu ne.)
Next we have,
きょうは　むしあついですね。(Kyō wa mushiatsui desu ne.)
So, “today is muggy, isn't it?” If we break the parts of the sentence down.
In this sentence, we have むしあつい (mushiatsui)
むしあつい (mushiatsui), which means "muggy” or “humid”; so this sentence means “It's muggy today, isn't it?”
きょうは　むしあついですね。(Kyō wa mushiatsui desu ne.)
Finally, we have,
きょうは あめですね。 (Kyō wa ame desu ne.)
きょうは あめですね。 (Kyō wa ame desu ne.)
Which means "It's rainy today, isn't it?"
きょうは あめですね。 (Kyō wa ame desu ne.)
So you might think, あめ (ame), doesn’t that mean “rain?”
It can also mean “rainy?” Yes! We can use them in the same way.
So in this context, we can imagine it being “It’s rain today, isn’t it?” if you want to be super direct. But in natural English, we say "It's rainy today, isn't it?"
きょうは あめですね。 (Kyō wa ame desu ne.)
Ok, let’s take a look at a sentence pattern you can use to create sentences like these on your own.
We have…
きょうは [WEATHER CONDITION] ですね。(Kyō wa [WEATHER CONDITION] desu ne.)
きょうは [WEATHER CONDITION] ですね。(Kyō wa [WEATHER CONDITION] desu ne.)
Which means “It's [WEATHER CONDITION] today, isn't it?”
So in this pattern, we see きょうは (Kyō wa), marking “today.” Today is what we’re talking about. きょうは (Kyō wa)
And then a weather condition is something we can choose from this list of vocabulary here. So we can choose one of these words to put in this part of the sentence.
きょうは　あついですね。(Kyō wa atsui desu ne.)
きょうは　ゆきですね。 (Kyō wa yuki desu ne.)
Whatever you want to express, you can put it in this part of the sentence. Then you can end it with ですね (desu ne).
Make sure to add this ね (ne) to have that kind of friendly agreement sort of feeling, like you’re making a conversation with someone.
So this will create the sentence “It's [WEATHER CONDITION] today, isn't it?”
We saw this in the original dialogue sentence,
きょうは　あついですね。(Kyō wa atsui desu ne.)
“Today is hot, isn’t it?” or "It's hot today, isn't it?"
We also saw this pattern here in these examples.
きょうは さむいですね。 (Kyō wa samui desu ne.)
きょうは むしあついですね。(Kyō wa mushiatsui desu ne.)
きょうは あめですね。 (Kyō wa ame desu ne.)
They all follow the same pattern of introducing “today” as the topic, some weather condition, and then ending with ですね (desu ne) to show that it’s kind of a conversational point.
So you can create your own sentences with this pattern.

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