Japanese/Lessons/Introduction/Ii tenki desu ne/Talking about the weather

The Japanese commonly chat about the weather in idle conversation. vocabulary Japanese/Vocabulary/Dates Weather and seasons Japanese/Vocabulary/Adjectives (<time> は) <adjective>天気 ですね。 Words such as "いい" (good), "わるい" (bad), "あつい" (hot), あたたかい (warm), "すずしい" (cool), "さむい" (cold) and "ひどい" (terrible) are commonly used to describe the weather. いいてんきですね。 — Nice weather, isn't it? 昨日、天気が寒かったです。 — Yesterday, the weather was cold. Grammar Patterns "~ですね。" When "ね" is added after "です", it translates similarly to "isn't it?", or "eh?". そうですね。 A phrase that usually translates to "it is, isn't it" in this context. Examples begin としお きょうはいいてんきですね。 Toshio It's nice weather today, isn't it? きみこ そうですね。 Kimiko It is, isn't it. end