Nature
Mi piace il clima in Italia
You might have noticed that some Italian words that end in
‑ma
are
masculine
!
Il
cli
ma
sta cambiando.
The climate is changing.
L'agricoltura è
il
proble
ma
di questo paese.
Agriculture is this country's problem.
Keep also in mind that the
plural
forms of these words end in
‑i
.
Ci sono molti proble
mi
.
There are many problems.
Ho caldo!
Caution! Hot! The Italian word
caldo
means both
hot
and
heat
.
Voglio un panino caldo.
I want a hot sandwich.
L'agricoltura cresce grazie al caldo.
The agriculture grows thanks to the heat.
And there's more!
Avere
caldo
means that you
are hot
.
Io
ho
caldo.
I am hot. (Literal: I have heat.)
This isn't to be confused with
fa
caldo
, which means
it is hot
when you're talking about the
weather
.
Fa
caldo oggi.
It is hot today.
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