for context, he is not native english speaker as you could probably tell. do i just say outside is raining?
The general ambience is raining.
We also say:
- It is muggy, inside or out
- It is stifling. This could be inside or heat outside
- It is quiet. Also, inside or out.
The sky is crying?
It is the sky. The sky is raining. Or the clouds, the clouds are raining. Either of those two would be a great answer to what “it” is.
Water is falling from the sky?
Link him Bill Wurtz’s “history of the entire world I guess” and tell him to skip to 2:08
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I’m sure I recognise that cadence. Is that iambic pentameter? (Being the only one I can name.)
That reads to me like someones about to get smote by a lightning bolt lol
Tell him to work on the context. Where does it usually rain (outside)?If it were raining 100 miles away would I mention it to you? What usually makes rain? when we use “it” in this context in English we mean the most likely thing “it” could be (and usually that’s like a 90%+ likelihood). If it were raining in the bedroom, that would require a qualifier, like I had to include.
So the sentence “It is raining”. Means “It is raining outside in my current location.” If I say “It is loud”. Means “The volume of the ambient noise where I am located is loud”. If I mean it is raining on the plains in Spain I wouldn’t say "It’s raining " I would probably say “The rains in Spain fall mainly on the plains.”
Take a picture showing that it’s raining outside.
Caption the picture “it’s raining”
“It” is the weather, and the state of “it” is raining.
Jesus Christ, again? Are you reposting this question with another account because you didn’t like the answers before, or is this honestly a new person?
Hmmm, at least my native language also typically uses an undefined pronoun to express the act of raining
es regnet, il pleut …
what’s your native?
In Russian, we say «goes rain»
Where does it go?
It just goes, man
“It is [verb]ing” (as in “it is raining”) can be reinterpreted as “[noun] is happening” (“rain is happening”).
rain is raining
This is how I’d explain it. More specifically this is an example of a concept called a “dummy pronoun” in English. Phrases like “it is clear that…” Or “it is raining” are using “it” as a dummy pronoun. They’re used to express a verb without expressing a subject. in other words, [verb] is happening.
Uh oh - a linguistics Wikipedia article.
And here I was, planning to work.
Planning to work on your linguistics!
I like this. Explains it fairly well
French too: il pleut. What is the il pointing to?!?
The (local) universe
Where is he from/what language does he speak natively?
russian
The weather… is raining?
thanks!
I’d say “the sky” but either way.
“It’s raining outside”, or just explain it in his native language.
«идёт дождь»
What is raining outside?
The trees. What do you think?
