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

The Japanese commonly chat about the weather in idle conversation.

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.

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.