Weather impersonally: fa, plou, hi ha
Catalan "makes" the weather: fa fred, fa calor, fa sol, fa vent, fa bo. The impersonal form changes for nobody. For example: “Avui plou a Barcelona” — Today in Barcelona it rains. A rule from the Valencian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Catalan "makes" the weather: fa fred, fa calor, fa sol, fa vent, fa bo. The impersonal form changes for nobody.
Rain and snow have verbs of their own: plou — it rains, neva — it snows, trona — it thunders.
Fog goes through "hi ha": hi ha boira — there is fog. One formula serves the whole forecast.
By example
- Avui plou a BarcelonaToday in Barcelona it rains
- A l'hivern fa fred al matíIn winter it is cold in the mornings
- Al matí hi ha boira al marIn the morning there is fog over the sea
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Weather impersonally: how does it work in Valencian?
Catalan "makes" the weather: fa fred, fa calor, fa sol, fa vent, fa bo. The impersonal form changes for nobody.
What does it look like in an example sentence Valencian?
“Avui plou a Barcelona” — Today in Barcelona it rains. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.