Bonjour tout le monde!!! Another Frenchtastic lesson brought to you by Herman aka professor Frenchtastic!

Faire is a very important verb in French. Its literal meaning in English is to do or to make, but it can take several other meanings in various contexts. Note: Make sure you download the audio-zip files for the verb faire at the end of this article. The zip folder includes several mp3 files.

Today, I am going to talk to you about the weather, more exactly, I am going to show you how to describe the weather in French using the the verb faire. You can find the complete lesson with pictures and sound files at http://frenchtasticpeople.com/classroom/lessons/chapter-three/the-weather-and-the-seasons/

You say Quel temps fait-il? to ask somebody: what’s the weather like? [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

To answer this question, you have a range of possibilities, (depending on the current weather, of course , but the verb faire will be used frequently, as in:
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