Why is hace used in this sentence?
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Hace frio afuera it is cold outside
why is hace used in that sentence? i dont understand that.
why can't you just say "Es frio afuera."
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updated Dec 29, 2009
posted by pepsiwriter37
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If you did it would be " Está frío afuera."
With certain verbs about the weather, however, Spanish user Hacer, rather than Ser or Estar to mean "to be".
Other weather verbs are used like normal verbs, llover and nevar, being examples.
There are numerous articles online explaining the usage. Below is one:
updated Dec 29, 2009
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
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it's just one of those things like: son las 12:00(you have to put son las) or antes de(like how you have to put the de in the)
updated Dec 29, 2009
posted by icanrideawave
