Phrase · 🌦️ Weather and seasons
—¿Qué temperatura hace? —Estamos a veinte grados.
—What's the temperature? —It's twenty degrees.
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Why every word is where it is
—¿Qué1determinerwhattemperatura1nountemperaturefem. · sing.hace2verbit makeshacer · present · 3rd sing.?—Estamos3verbwe areestar · present · 1st pl.a3prepositionatveinte4determinertwentygrados4noundegreesgrado · masc. · pl..
- Qué → temperatura: qué + noun
- hace → temperatura: hace + temperature
- Estamos → grados: estamos a + degrees
- veinte → grados: number + plural noun
Word for word: “—What temperature does it make? —We are at twenty degrees.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1qué + noun = what, which: ¿Qué temperatura…? Questions and negation →
- 2Temperature also goes with hacer: ¿Qué temperatura hace? Present tense: irregular yo forms (-go, -zco), saber, dar, ver and ir →
- 3Estamos a + degrees = it's … degrees (literally "we are at"). Also: Hace veinte grados. Estar and hay: location and existence →
- 4Degrees Celsius; number + plural noun: veinte grados. Numbers, telling the time and dates →
Variations
- —¿Qué temperatura hace? —Hace treinta grados.
- Estamos a cinco grados bajo cero.