Here comes the rain. We have to be able, of course, to express when the weather is rainy. We have in Spanish a non-personal verb in a weather matter to express so. This verb is LLOVER in its infinitive form. Let’s see it and we will keep explaining it after:
¿QUÉ TIEMPO HACE EN BARCELONA?
WHAT WEATHER MAKES IN BARCELONA
→ (How’s the weather like in Barcelona?)
EN BARCELONA LLUEVE
IN BARCELONA RAINS
Or:
LLUEVE
RAINS
The first thing that we have to say is that LLUEVE is the 3rd person singular of the verb LLOVER which means TO RAIN.
This verb LLOVER, is used in a non-personal form when using this weather expression; what does that mean? Basically means that there is no subject as we have seen already. Let’s see it again giving a further explanation of the expression:
¿QUÉ TIEMPO HACE EN BARCELONA?
WHAT WEATHER MAKES IN BARCELONA
→ (How’s the weather like in Barcelona?)
EN BARCELONA LLUEVE (MUCHO)
IN BARCELONA RAINS (A LOT)
◊ Note:
- EN BARCELONA, as we said, is not the subject, so, will always come introduced by the place preposition EN.
- EN BARCELONA, as we said, does not need to be told in our answer as far as it is in the previous question, so, we know the place that we are talking about. If not so, EN BARCELONA must be told.
- LLUEVE, is a non-personal verb, which means that the sentence will have no subject.
◊ MUCHO. We know the indefinite adjective MUCHO (A LOT OF) that gives information about a noun. In this case, we are talking grammatically of an ADVERB. Now, this word MUCHO gives information about the verb LLUEVE and can be told or not. You can use it whenever you want to give more power to the action of raining and express that in this place, Barcelona in this case, it rains a lot. It is not time yet to see adverbs so just learn it the way it is. MUCHO as an adverb, won’t change its mode into feminine or plural when it tells something about the verb.
The verb to Snow in Spanish
We have to be able, of course, to express when the weather is snowy. Also, we have in Spanish a non-personal verb in a weather matter to express so. This verb is NEVAR in its infinitive form. Let’s see it and we will keep explaining it after:
¿QUÉ TIEMPO HACE EN BARCELONA?
WHAT WEATHER MAKES IN BARCELONA
→ (How’s the weather like in Barcelona?)
EN BARCELONA NIEVA
IN BARCELONA SNOWS
Or:
NIEVA
SNOWS
The first thing that we have to say is that NIEVA is the 3rd person singular of the verb NEVAR which means TO RAIN.
This verb NEVAR is used in a non personal form when using this weather expression; what does that mean? Basically means that there is no subject as we have seen already. Let’s see it again giving a further explanation of the expression:
¿QUÉ TIEMPO HACE EN BARCELONA?
WHAT WEATHER MAKES IN BARCELONA
→ (How’s the weather like in Barcelona?)
EN BARCELONA NIEVA (MUCHO)
IN BARCELONA SNOWS (A LOT)
◊ Note:
- EN BARCELONA, as we said, is not the subject, so, will always come introduced by the place preposition EN.
- EN BARCELONA, as we said, does not need to be told in our answer as far as it is in the previous question, so, we know the place that we are talking about. If not so, EN BARCELONA must be told.
- NIEVA, is a non-personal verb, which means that the sentence will have no subject.
◊ MUCHO. We know the indefinite adjective MUCHO (A LOT OF) that gives information about a noun. In this case we are talking grammatically of an ADVERB. Now, this word MUCHO gives information about the verb NIEVA, and, can be told or not. You can use it whenever you want to emphasize the action of snowing and express that in this place, Barcelona in this case, it snows a lot. It is not time yet to see adverbs, so, just learn it the way it is. MUCHO as an adverb, won’t change its mode into feminine or plural when it tells something about the verb.
