Questions & Answers about Si fa sol, podem pujar a la muntanya.
Fa sol is the normal everyday way to say it’s sunny in Catalan.
Literally, fer often appears in weather expressions:
- fa sol = it’s sunny
- fa fred = it’s cold
- fa calor = it’s hot
- fa vent = it’s windy
So even though fa usually means does/makes, in weather expressions you should usually learn the whole phrase as a fixed expression.
Here si means if and introduces a condition:
- Si fa sol, podem pujar a la muntanya.
- If it’s sunny, we can go up to the mountain.
Be careful not to confuse this with sí with an accent, which means yes.
So:
- si = if
- sí = yes
The accent changes the meaning.
Catalan often leaves out the subject when it is understood, and in weather expressions there is usually no need for a separate word like English it.
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