Weather & Seasons
കാലാവസ്ഥയും ഋതുക്കളും
French describes weather with a dummy subject il that doesn't refer to any person or thing — grammatically required, but meaningless on its own, a small abstraction Malayalam doesn't need since Malayalam just names the weather condition itself as the subject.
Grammar Comparison
വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം
il fait... — the impersonal weather construction
Il fait beau. (It's nice out.) — Il fait chaud/froid. (It's hot/cold.)
കാലാവസ്ഥ നല്ലതാണ് / ചൂടാണ് / തണുപ്പാണ്
For most weather descriptions, French uses il fait + adjective — literally 'it makes...'. That il is a grammatically required dummy subject with no real meaning; French sentences almost always need an explicit subject, even a fake one. Malayalam instead makes the weather condition itself the subject and simply pairs an adjective with ആണ് ('is') — ചൂടാണ് ('it is hot'), തണുപ്പാണ് ('it is cold') — with no equivalent of French's placeholder 'it'.
il pleut, il neige — weather verbs without il fait
Il pleut. (It's raining.) — Il neige. (It's snowing.)
മഴ പെയ്യുന്നു — മഞ്ഞ് പെയ്യുന്നു
Rain and snow get their own dedicated verbs, pleuvoir and neiger, used only in this same impersonal il form — you'll never conjugate them for je/tu/nous. Malayalam again makes the weather event itself the grammatical subject — മഴ ('rain') പെയ്യുന്നു ('is falling'), മഞ്ഞ് ('snow') പെയ്യുന്നു — an ordinary verb agreeing with an ordinary noun subject, none of French's impersonal placeholder needed.
Vocabulary
വാക്കുകൾ
- Malayalam
- കാലാവസ്ഥ നല്ലതാണ്kaalaavastha nallathaanu
- English
- it's nice/sunny out
- Malayalam
- ചൂടാണ്choodaanu
- English
- it's hot
- Malayalam
- തണുപ്പാണ്thanuppaanu
- English
- it's cold
- Malayalam
- മഴ പെയ്യുന്നുmazha peyyunnu
- English
- it's raining
- Malayalam
- മഞ്ഞ് പെയ്യുന്നുmanju peyyunnu
- English
- it's snowing
- Malayalam
- കാറ്റ് വീശുന്നുkaattu veeshunnu
- English
- it's windy
- Malayalam
- മേഘാവൃതംmeghaavrutham
- English
- cloudy
- Malayalam
- വസന്തകാലംvasanthakaalam
- English
- spring
- Malayalam
- വേനൽക്കാലംvenalkkaalam
- English
- summer
- Malayalam
- ഇലപൊഴിയും കാലംilapozhiyum kaalam
- English
- autumn
- Malayalam
- ശൈത്യകാലംshaithyakaalam
- English
- winter