Chào Giang,

As always, thank you very much for your help! I am learning so much from all the insights you share :smile:

Chào,

Nick

Chào Nick,

Let me correct your sentences.

If you say, "Ở đây, ở California trời nắng", it will sound more natural, though your sentence is still grammatically correct.

The second question should be "Thời tiết ở nơi bạn đang ở thế nào?" (How is the weather at your place?)

Have a nice day,

Giang

Team VietnamesePod101.com

Xin chào,

Trời nắng ở đây ở California :sunglasses:

Thời tiết bạn đang ở đâu thế nào?

Since I don't know where you are located, this is supposed to read "How is the weather where you are?" Please let me know if anything is incorrect.

Cảm ơn nhiều lắm,

Nick

Hi Weng Fook,

Thank you for your question.

"It" can only be translated as "nó" when it functions as a third person pronoun and refers to: i) a younger person or a person of an inferior level and ii) an object/a thing that has been mentioned earlier.

In this case, "it" in "it's sunny" is not a normal third person pronoun. It functions as a dummy subject which has no meaning but you have to use it whenever you talk about the weather because it is grammatically required.

As it has no meaning, it cannot be translated into "nó" or "đó là". Instead we replace it with a subject that is always used to talk about the weather in Vietnamese, which is "trời" (literally means "sky", but it means "the weather" here). Therefore, "trời nắng" is not a literal translation, but an equivalent of "it's sunny"

Please let me know if you need further clarification.

Cheers,

Giang

Team VietnamesePod101.com

Trời nắng = It's sunny

Please explain the usage of  "Trời " compared to  “Nó” vs “Đó là”  (which you have already explained; in your reply to my query for lesson #12).

Rgds

WF