Duolingo Guidebook

上海的天气怎么样？
How is the weather in Shanghai?

这里从来不下雪。
It never snows here.

外面下着雨，你出去要带伞。
It's raining outside, take an umbrella when you go out.

外面很冷。
It is cold outside.

明天是阴天。
Tomorrow will be cloudy.

现在的风很大。
It's very windy now.

To say When it rains... in Chinese, you’d say 下雨的时候... (xiàyǔ de shíhou). Notice that 的时候 (de shíhou, when) comes at the end of the phrase!

下雪的时候，这里很漂亮。
(Xià xuě de shíhou, zhèlǐ hěn piàoliang.) When it snows, it is beautiful here.

阴天的时候，我喜欢在家看书。
(Yīn tiān de shíhou, wǒ xǐhuān zàijiā kànshū.) When it's cloudy, I like reading books at home.

你吃饭的时候，不要唱歌。
(Nǐ chīfàn de shíhou, bùyào chànggē.) When you eat, don’t sing.