Weather & Climate

1. Kajeno ho tjhesa.

   It's hot today

   Usage

   Remarks on the heat today

   Grammar Note

   "Ho tjhesa" means it is hot (weather).

2. Ho shebahala hore pula e tla na.

   It looks like it will rain

   Usage

   Remarks that it looks like rain

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence built with regular Sesotho grammar (composed).

3. Sefefo se a atamela.

   A storm is approaching

   Usage

   Warns that a storm is approaching

   Grammar Note

   Atamela means "come near". Composed sentence built with regular Sesotho grammar (composed).

4. Kajeno ho phodile.

   It's cool today

   Usage

   Remarks that it is cool today

   Grammar Note

   "Ho phodile" means it is cool.

5. Ke kopa bolepi ba lehodimo.

   Please tell me the weather forecast

   Usage

   Asks for the weather forecast

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence built with regular Sesotho grammar (composed).

6. Na ke hloka samporele?

   Should I bring an umbrella?

   Usage

   Asks whether an umbrella is needed

   Grammar Note

   Samporele comes from Afrikaans. Composed sentence built with regular Sesotho grammar (composed).

7. Sehla sa pula ke neng?

   When is the rainy season?

   Usage

   Asks when the rainy season is

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence built with regular Sesotho grammar (composed).

8. Letsatsi le tjhesa haholo.

   The sun is really strong

   Usage

   Remarks that the sun is strong

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence built with regular Sesotho grammar (composed).

9. Pula

   Rain

   Usage

   The word for rain

   Grammar Note

   Pula means rain. It is a class 9 noun, as in "Pula e a na" (it is raining).

10. Moya

    Wind

    Usage

    The word for wind

    Grammar Note

    Moya means wind.

11. Letsatsi

    Sun

    Usage

    The word for sun

    Grammar Note

    Letsatsi means both sun and day.

12. Lehodimo le hlakile.

    The sky is clear

    Usage

    Remarks that the sky is clear

    Grammar Note

    "Le hlakile" means is clear.

13. Ho na le maru.

    It is cloudy

    Usage

    Remarks that it is cloudy

    Grammar Note

    Maru is the plural of leru (cloud).

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