Phrase · 🤔 Opinion, doubt and probability

No creo que llueva hoy: el cielo está despejado.

I don’t think it’ll rain today: the sky is clear.

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Why every word is where it is

No1adverbnotcreo1verbI thinkcreer · present · 1st sing.queconjunctionthatllueva1verbit rainsllover · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.hoyadverbtoday:eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitecielonounskymasc. · sing.estáverbisestar · present · 3rd sing.despejado2adjectiveclearmasc. · sing..

creo → llueva: no creo que → subjunctive
el → cielo: m. sg.
está → despejado: estar + adjective

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
no creo que + subjunctive: llueva (o → ue). Opinion, certainty and possibility: indicative or subjunctive →
2
despejado = clear, cloudless (sky).

Variations

Dudo que llueva hoy: el cielo está despejado.