Breakdown of Hoy no está despejado porque está nublado.
no
no, not
estar
to be (location/state)
hoy
today
porque
because
despejado
clear
nublado
cloudy
Questions & Answers about Hoy no está despejado porque está nublado.
Why do we use está here instead of hace?
In Spanish, weather expressions use different verbs depending on the type of word that follows. We use hace (it makes) with nouns, like hace sol (it makes sun / it's sunny). However, despejado (clear) and nublado (cloudy) are adjectives (descriptive words). When describing the weather with adjectives, we use está (it is).
Where is the word for 'it' in está nublado?
Spanish usually drops subject pronouns (like 'I', 'you', or 'it') because the verb itself tells us who or what we are talking about. For weather, you just use the 'he/she/it' form of the verb all by itself. So, está alone means 'it is'. You don't need to add a separate word for 'it'.
Why do despejado and nublado end in -o? Can they end in -a?
No, they will always end in -o when talking about the weather. These words are adjectives, so they must match the gender of the noun they describe. When we talk about the weather, Spanish implies masculine nouns like el clima (the weather) or el tiempo (the weather). Because those underlying ideas are masculine, the adjectives stay masculine too!
Is porque the same word used to ask 'why'?
They sound identical, but they are written differently! Porque (written as one word with no accent) means 'because', as seen in this sentence. If you want to ask 'why?', you split it into two words and add an accent mark over the 'e': ¿por qué?.
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