Il y a des nuages=There are some clouds. C'est nuageux=It' cloudy. Is it correct?
Rih
Kwiziq community member
4/12/15
yes its correctt
yellamaraju
Kwiziq community member
4/12/15
The question relates to lesson:"Talking about the weather - il y a"
Rih
Kwiziq community member
4/12/15
yes i got it ...and in french textes i hv seen both versions so its correct ...for the weather yoy can use "il y a" and "c'est"
FISEHA
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5/12/15
C'est correct.
yellamaraju
Kwiziq community member
5/12/15
Merci beaucoup Rhi et FISEHA.

Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
8/12/15
Bonjour yellamaraju,
Indeed in French you can use both sentences, "C'est nuageux" and "Il y a des nuages", to express "It's cloudy" in a general way.
"Il y a des nuages " can also simply means "There are some clouds", like for example in the sentence "Il y a des nuages dans le ciel.".
yellamaraju
Kwiziq community member
8/12/15
Thanks Aurélie, It is amply clear. Thanks again
John
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22/01/18
Can you say 'il fait nuageux' and if so is this more correct than 'c'est nuageux'?

Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
25/01/18
Bonjour John !
Though it seems that some people use it, "il fait nuageux" isn't correct in French. You'll prefer "Le ciel est nuageux" or "Le temps est nuageux", or "C'est nuageux" :)
Bonne journée !
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yellamaraju
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4 December 2015
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Il y a des nuages=There are some clouds. C'est nuageux=It' cloudy. Is it correct?