You will describe the weather, add -li to make words such as yağmurlu, and ask a question about tomorrow.
The idea
The weather is the subject hava followed by an adjective, with no verb: Hava soğuk, Hava güneşli. Rain and snow are subjects of the verb yağmak: Yağmur yağıyor, Kar yağacak. To make a weather adjective from a noun, add -li in its four shapes: yağmur becomes yağmurlu, kar becomes karlı. Ask with Hava nasıl? and put the time word first: Yarın hava nasıl olacak?
| Word | With -li | Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| güneş | güneşli | Hava güneşli. |
| yağmur | yağmurlu | Hava yağmurlu. |
| kar | karlı | Hava karlı. |
| bulut | bulutlu | Hava bulutlu. |
| sis | sisli | Hava sisli. |
| rüzgâr | rüzgârlı | Hava rüzgârlı. |
| fırtına | fırtınalı | Hava fırtınalı. |
Examples
- Bugün hava nasıl?What's the weather like today?
- Bugün hava çok sıcak.It is very hot today.
- Dışarıda yağmur yağıyor.It is raining outside.Rain itself is the subject: yağmur yağıyor, literally "rain rains". Turkish has no empty "it".
- Yarın kar yağacak mı?Will it snow tomorrow?
- Hava soğuk, ben üşüyorum.The weather is cold, I am freezing.Hava soğuk describes the air; a person who feels cold uses the verb üşümek: üşüyorum.
- Hafta sonu hava güneşli olacak.The weather will be sunny at the weekend.
- Hava bulutlu ama yağmur yok.It is cloudy, but there is no rain.
- Bugün hava yirmi derece.Today it is twenty degrees.After a number the noun stays singular: yirmi derece, never yirmi dereceler.
- yağmurlurainyyağmurlu-li / -lı / -lu / -lü: with, having
- karlısnowykarlı-li / -lı / -lu / -lü: with, having
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Watch out
Do not say how you feel with the weather word. Soğuğum does not say that you feel cold; a person who is cold says üşüyorum, while Hava soğuk is only about the air.
Try it yourself
Add the suffix to kar (snow): snowy weather.
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karlı
karlı: the last vowel of kar is back and unrounded, so -li becomes -lı.
Add the suffix to bulut (cloud): cloudy weather.
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bulutlu
bulutlu: the last vowel u is back and rounded, so the suffix takes the shape -lu.
Complete with the verb yağmak (to fall, of rain or snow) in the present continuous: Snow is falling.
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yağıyor
yağıyor: snow is the subject of yağmak, and Turkish needs no empty "it"; -ıyor is added to the stem yağ.
Say "I am cold" with the verb üşümek (to feel cold) in the present continuous.
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üşüyorum
üşüyorum: a person's feeling needs the verb üşümek; soğuk describes the air and does not fit here.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Add the suffix to kar (snow): snowy weather.
Add the suffix to bulut (cloud): cloudy weather.
Complete with the verb yağmak (to fall, of rain or snow) in the present continuous: Snow is falling.
Say "I am cold" with the verb üşümek (to feel cold) in the present continuous.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: rainy
Tap the parts in order to build this word: snowy
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Write three sentences about the weather where you are today and tomorrow, using hava, one -li word and the verb yağmak if it rains or snows.