Winter this year has been crazy. That’s all I have to say.
Vocabulary
また = again
雪 = ゆき = snow
そうですね = that’s right / is that right?
冷たい = つめたい = cold (to the touch)
Transcript
言語ガールズ #109
The Weather Outside Is Frightful
Yellow: また雪ですか
Blue: そうですね
Yellow: 雪は寒いです
Blue: 違います。雪は冷たいです。
Yellow: Huh? I thought 寒い meant cold?
Blue: 寒い only refers to things like cold weather and cold air.
Blue: You use 冷たい for things that are cold to the touch like snow and ice.
Yellow: So I use 寒い to complain about the weather and 冷たい to complain about everything else?
Blue: They can be used in a positive way too.
Yellow: Maybe when it’s 夏…