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Location particle when discussing weather

denkou

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12 Mar 2010
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Basic question, and please forgive me for using Romaji but it's easier on this computer. Please feel free to use the proper characters though, I can read them.

This should be simple to answer. If I'm saying the weather is good, or asking if it's good, I could use something like "ii tenki desu" and "ii tenki desu ka". I'm interested in how I should say the "the weather in Japan is good" or "is the weather in Japan good?"

A few possibilities come to my mind:

Nihon ni ii tenki desu.

Nihon de ii tenki desu.

Nihon ha ii tenki desu.

Nihon no ii tenki desu.

What confuses me even more, is making it clear that I'm talking about the current weather. "What's the weather like TODAY?"

Now, I think such a question could be "Kyou no tenki dou desu ka?"

So I'd like to know how to say something about the weather in Japan, and about the weather today. For my last question, I'd like a single question or statement that can combine the two.

"How's the weather today in Japan?"

"The weather in Japan today is good"

Any help with the particles would be great.
 
Nihon ha ii tenki desu.

You're correct to think along the lines of "Kyou/Nihon no tenki" as we would say "today's weather" or "Weather in Japan."

Wa and De wa are used to identify or distinguish places with specific instances of an ongoing weather event or condition.


Kyou, Nihon wa ame desu/ame ga hutte imasu, (It's raining in Japan today).

Nihon de wa sora wa harete iru. (The sky is blue in Japan).
 
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