Japanese for English speakers Farm · Lesson 0

Windy but sunny

Weather vocabulary for Japanese conversation: 風 (kaze, wind), 雲 (kumo, cloud), 強い (tsuyoi, strong), 悪い (warui, bad). All い-adjectives for describing today's weather.

Conversation

  1. Yennifer Yennifer

    今朝、風は強いですね

    kesa, kaze wa tsuyoi desu ne

    This morning the wind is strong

    Tip: <kesa> = this morning <kaze> = wind <tsuyoi> = strong ("i" adjective)

  2. Yennifer Yennifer

    天気はとても悪いですね

    tenki wa totemo warui desu ne

    The weather is very bad

    Tip: <warui> = bad / nasty ("i" adjective)

  3. Yennifer Yennifer

    雲もたくさんあります

    kumo mo takusan arimasu

    There are also many clouds

    Tip: <kumo> = cloud / cloudy <takusan> = many / much (adverb)

  4. Muri Muri

    ほら！雲に問題がありますか？

    Hora! Kumo ni mondai ga arimasuka?

    Hey! Do you have a problem with clouds?

    Tip: <hora> = interjection to say "hey, I am warning you!" <mondai> = problem <ni> = particle for place. In a sentence like "I am here", you need "ni" after the word "here" <..ni mondai ga arimasu ka?> = do you have a problem with..?

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you describe windy weather in Japanese?

風が強い (kaze ga tsuyoi) — 'the wind is strong'. The particle が marks the thing being described.

What does たくさん mean?

'Many' or 'a lot' — used as an adverb to quantify things: たくさんの雲 = 'many clouds', たくさんあります = 'there is a lot'.

What does ほら mean?

An interjection — 'hey' or 'look!' — used to get attention or point something out. Less polite than あの.

Test yourself

Pick the English translation for each line from this lesson. Wrong answers are pulled from other Japanese lessons.

4 quick questions on what you just heard.

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