How to Give an Opinion About the Weather - Examples and Variations

Master how to give an opinion about the weather with the key pattern

Also Appears In: Can Do Polish for Absolute Beginners Can Talk About Weather

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Let’s look at some more examples.

Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.

Jak gorąco!

Jak zimno!

Jak duszno!

Jaka brzydka pogoda!

Jaka piękna pogoda!

Did you notice how the last two speakers, Mark and I, used slightly longer phrases?

Jaka brzydka pogoda!

"The weather is bad"

Jaka brzydka pogoda!

Jaka piękna pogoda!

"What beautiful weather."

Jaka piękna pogoda!

Let's start with pogoda, "weather." Pogoda. Pogoda.

In Polish, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Pogoda is feminine and singular — a fact which will determine the form of other words in the sentence.

Before this is piękna, "beautiful." Piękna. Piękna.

Piękna is singular and feminine to agree with pogoda.

Moving to the front of the sentence, jaka, translating as "what" in this context. Jaka. Jaka.

Jaka is singular and feminine to agree with pogoda.

All together is Jaka piękna pogoda! "What beautiful weather!."

Let's look at the other example, Jaka brzydka pogoda! "What bad weather!" Jaka brzydka pogoda!

Starting with pogoda, "weather." Recall, pogoda is feminine and singular — a fact which will determine the form of other words in the sentence.

Moving to the start, jaka, “what.” Jaka.

Jaka is singular and feminine to agree with pogoda.

Next is brzydka, "bad." Brzydka. Brzydka.

Note, brzydka is feminine and singular to agree with pogoda.

Together, brzydka pogoda is "bad weather." Brzydka pogoda.

All together, Jaka brzydka pogoda! "What bad weather!" Jaka brzydka pogoda!

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