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Weather and seasons
Words for the weather and the seasons: sun, rain, snow, wind and clouds, cold and warm, with gender and plural.
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| Ukrainian | English | Grammar | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| пого́да | weather | noun, feminine | Яка́ сього́дні пого́да? What's the weather like today? |
| со́нце | sun | noun, neuter | |
| дощ | rain | noun, masculine plural дощі́ | |
| сніг | snow | noun, masculine plural сніги́ | |
| ві́тер | wind | noun, masculine plural вітри́ | The е drops out when an ending is added, and the stress moves to the ending in the plural. |
| хма́ра | cloud | noun, feminine plural хма́ри | |
| не́бо | sky | noun, neuter | |
| тума́н | fog, mist | noun, masculine plural тума́ни | |
| гроза́ | thunderstorm | noun, feminine plural гро́зи | The stress moves to the first syllable in the plural. |
| моро́з | frost, freezing cold | noun, masculine plural моро́зи | |
| спе́ка | heat, hot weather | noun, feminine | |
| температу́ра | temperature | noun, feminine plural температу́ри | |
| гра́дус | degree (of temperature) | noun, masculine plural гра́дуси | |
| парасо́лька | umbrella | noun, feminine plural парасо́льки | |
| весна́ | spring | noun, feminine plural ве́сни | The stress moves to the first syllable in the plural. |
| лі́то | summer | noun, neuter plural літа́ | The stress moves to the ending in the plural. |
| о́сінь | autumn | noun, feminine plural о́сені | Feminine, although it ends in a consonant. |
| зима́ | winter | noun, feminine plural зими́ | |
| хо́лодно | cold; it is cold | adverb | Сього́дні хо́лодно. It's cold today. |
| те́пло | warm; it is warm | adverb | Stress matters: тепло́, stressed on the last syllable, is the noun “warmth”. |
| жа́рко | hot; it is hot | adverb | |
| со́нячно | sunny; it is sunny | adverb |
Practice
Recordings
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- пого́да, со́нце, дощ, сніг, ві́тер, хма́ра, не́бо, тума́н, гроза́, моро́з, спе́ка, температу́ра, гра́дус, парасо́лька, весна́, лі́то, о́сінь, хо́лодно, жа́рко: recorded by Галя Раптова, Nicolas Vion, CC BY 3.0 US.
- зима́: recorded by Галя Раптова, Vion Nicholas, CC BY 3.0 US.
- со́нячно: recorded by Tohaomg, CC BY-SA 4.0.