LEARN + KOREAN / 14 of 125 TOPIK I
How's the Weather? 날씨가 어때요?
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You’re deciding whether to take an umbrella. Ask 날씨가 어때요? (“How’s the weather?”), then answer with a description or 비가 와요 (“It’s raining”). Rain and snow use 오다, literally “come.”
Describing the Sky
| Korean | English |
|---|---|
makda | to be clear, sunny |
heurida | to be cloudy |
deopda | to be hot |
chupda | to be cold |
siwonhada | to be cool, refreshing |
seupada | to be humid |
oneul nalssiga eottaeyo?
How's the weather today?
oneul malgayo.
It's sunny today.
deowoyo.
It's hot.
chuwoyo.
It's cold.
Hint · 힌트
덥다 and 춥다 are ㅂ-irregular, the same family as 어렵다 (difficult) from 을/를 해요. Almost every adjective describing intensity in this shape follows the pattern: swap the ㅂ for 우 before a vowel ending. 쉽다 (easy) becomes 쉬워요, 맵다 (spicy) becomes 매워요.
When It Rains
naeil biga wayo.
It will rain tomorrow.
nuni wayo.
It's snowing.
barami mani bureoyo.
The wind blows strongly.
Two full sentences chain together with -고, attached directly to the stem with no change: verb/adjective + 고 just means “and,” letting you set up a contrast like summer against winter in one breath.
yeoreumeun deopgo, gyeoureun chuwoyo.
Summer is hot, winter is cold.
In Real Life
날씨 (weather) small talk is just as universal in Korean as it is in English. Opening with 오늘 날씨가 어때요? or commenting on the heat with a stranger in an elevator is completely normal, low-stakes conversation, not a sign anyone’s genuinely curious about meteorology.
Vocabulary
| Korean | English |
|---|---|
baram | wind |
nun | snow |
bi | rain |
bom | spring |
yeoreum | summer |
gaeul | autumn |
gyeoul | winter |
danpung | autumn leaves |
misemeonji | fine dust, air pollution |
jangma | monsoon season |
sonagi | sudden rain shower |
mujigae | rainbow |
gion | temperature |
taepung | typhoon |
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