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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Finnish with Fexingo. I am Lucas. Luna: And I am Luna. It is episode two hundred twenty-nine. Lucas: We are so glad you are here. If Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with this language, we appreciate your support. Luna: It really does keep the episodes coming. A couple of dollars a month is genuinely what keeps these going. Lucas: You can support us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It makes a real difference. Luna: Thanks for listening. Let us get into today's topic. Lucas: Last time we talked about the home. Today we look outside. Luna: The weather. I always forget the words for rain and snow. Lucas: That is very common. In Finnish, we often use verbs that mean it is raining or snowing. Luna: So we do not say rain noun? We say rain verb? Lucas: Exactly. It is more natural. The first word is sataa. Luna: Sataa. Okay. Lucas: Listen closely. Sataa. Luna: Sataa. Lucas: Good. It means it is raining. Or simply rain. But usually the action. Luna: It is raining. Got it. Lucas: Let us try it again. Slowly. Sataa. Luna: Sataa. Lucas: Perfect. Now let us build a sentence. Use what we learned last week. Luna: Okay. Sataa ulkona. Lucas: Yes. It is raining outside. Very clear. Luna: Sataa ulkona. I like that structure. Lucas: It is simple and direct. Now, what about winter? Luna: Ah. Snow. That is important here. Lucas: It is. The phrase is tulee lunta. Luna: Tulee lunta. Lucas: Listen. Tulee lunta. Luna: Tulee lunta. Lucas: Tulee means comes. Lunta is partitive snow. So literally snow comes. Luna: Snow comes. It is raining. It makes sense. Lucas: Let us practice. Tulee lunta. Luna: Tulee lunta. Lucas: Very good. Try a full sentence. Tulee lunta tänään. Luna: Tulee lunta tänään. Lucas: It is snowing today. Excellent pronunciation. Luna: I feel more confident saying those now. Lucas: You are doing great. What about wind? Luna: Wind is tuuli. But do we use a verb? Lucas: Yes. Tuulee. Luna: Tuulee. Lucas: Listen carefully. Tuulee. Luna: Tuulee. Lucas: It means it is windy. Simple one-word description. Luna: Tuulee. Okay. Lucas: Repeat it. Tuulee. Luna: Tuulee. Lucas: Now combine them. If it is cold and windy? Luna: Tuulee ja on kylmä. Lucas: It is windy and it is cold. You are using the verb to be correctly. Luna: On kylmä. Right. Lucas: Yes. On is used for states. Like it is cloudy. Luna: Cloudy is pilvi. So pilvistä? Lucas: Close. The phrase is on pilvistä. Luna: On pilvistä. Lucas: Listen. On pilvistä. Luna: On pilvistä. Lucas: It describes the sky condition. It is cloudy. Luna: On pilvistä. I will remember that one. Lucas: Let us review all four quickly. Luna: Ready. Lucas: Rain. Sataa. Luna: Sataa. Lucas: Snow. Tulee lunta. Luna: Tulee lunta. Lucas: Wind. Tuulee. Luna: Tuulee. Lucas: Cloudy. On pilvistä. Luna: On pilvistä. Lucas: You nailed it. All four perfectly. Luna: Ahh, yes! There it is. Lucas: Let us put them in a scene. You are looking out the window. Luna: Okay. I open the curtain. Lucas: What do you see? Luna: On pilvistä. Ja sataa. Lucas: It is cloudy and raining. Good connection. Luna: Maybe tomorrow tulee lunta instead. Lucas: Then bundle up. Because tuulee might be strong too. Luna: Tuulee paljon. Yes. Lucas: It winds a lot. You are using them naturally. Luna: I feel like I can actually talk about the forecast now. Lucas: That is the goal. Small steps lead to big conversations. Luna: Thanks Lucas. This was helpful. Lucas: My pleasure. Practice these until we chat again. Luna: See you next time. Hei hei. Lucas: Hei hei.