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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 08 Weather and General Statements 50 / 600
kiša rain snijeg snow
Therefore, you actually say (in Croatian) the rain is falling or the snow is falling.
Words can go in any order, and it’s actually more common to put the verb at front:
Pada kiša. ‘Rain is falling.’ = It’s raining.
Kiša pada. (the same meaning)
Pada snijeg. ‘Snow is falling.’ = It’s snowing.
Snijeg pada. (the same meaning)
(Don’t forget ije in snijeg is pronounced by most people in Croatia as just je,
according to the normal pronunciation rules outlined before.)
There’s a similar expression about wind, using the noun vjetar (vjetr-) wind and the
following verb:
puhati (puše) blow ®
Again, words can go in any order, but the verb comes often at front:
Puše vjetar. The wind is blowing.
puhati
Vjetar puše. (the same meaning)
puhati
When it’s obvious what you’re talking about, you can use just a verb:
Pada. ‘It’s falling.’ (either rain or snow).
Puše. The wind is blowing.
puhati
You can use adverbs of intensity (except for vrlo) to express intensity of rain, snow
and wind:
Malo pada. ‘It’s falling a bit.’ (either rain or snow).
Jako puše. The wind is blowing strong.
puhati
The adverb jako with expressions for rain, wind and snow also corresponds to
English heavily. You can use the same adverbs (but not vrlo!) to express intensity of
any action where it makes sense:
Jako volim čokoladu. I ‘strongly’ love chocolate.
In Croatian, you can usually use the present tense to talk about future events (like in
English we’re leaving tomorrow). However, with weather expressions, you cannot
use the present tense in such a way (it’s hard to do it in English as well). However,
you can use adverbs of frequency to talk about things that happen anytime:
Često puše vjetar. The wind blows often.
puhati
If you want to ask about the weather, you should use:
Kakvo je vrijeme? What’s the weather like?
— Hladno. Cold.
It can be answered with just an adverb, as above. Such short comments are normal