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Weather - 날씨
sun and raincloud

The word for “weather” in Korean is 날씨. To respond to someone asking you how the weather is, you can use the vocabulary words below.

to be hot
덥다
to be cold
춥다
to be warm
따뜻하다
to be cool
시원하다
to be windy
바람이 불다
to be sunny
맑다
to be cloudy
흐리다
to be chilly
쌀쌀하다
to be dry
건조하다
to be humid
습하다
to be rainy
비가 오다
to be snowy
눈이 오다

Note that the above are all verbs, not nouns. This means you’ll have to conjugate them in conversation when asked about the weather. If you need a refresher, see the lesson on 아/어 verb conjugation.

For example, the verb 춥다, meaning to be cold, conjugates to “추워요”.

오늘 날씨어때요?

How’s the weather today?

너무 추워요!

It’s so cold!

To review words like 어때, see the lesson on question words.

Here are the above weather related verbs, conjugated:

it's hot
더워요
it's cold
추워요
it's warm
따뜻해요
it's cool
시원해요
it's windy
바람이 불어요
it's sunny
맑아요
it's cloudy
흐려요
it's chilly
쌀쌀해요
it's dry
건조해요
it's humid
습해요
it's rainy
비가 와요
it's snowy
눈이 와요

Think you have the weather descriptive verbs in Korean memorized? Test your knowledge using the weather verbs flashcard set!

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