The weather forecast (regnen, nord, syd)

What is the weather like?

What is the weather like today?
Hvordan er vejret i dag?

The weather report uses det as its subject, as you saw with det regner and det sner:

It is ten degrees.
Det er ti grader.
Tomorrow it will be five degrees in Jutland.
I morgen bliver det fem grader i Jylland.
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regnenthe rain
skyenthe cloud
gradenthe degree

The four directions

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nordnorth
sydsouth
østeast
vestwest

In the north is simply i nord; east of the town is øst for byen:

We live east of the town.
Vi bor øst for byen.

Towards

mod is towards: Vi kører mod syd. It also means against — you will meet that later.

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