When it’s cold (froid) or hot (chaud) outside, for example, the French say Il fait froid or Il fait chaud. I ask in class, why is the verb faire (to do) used here? Who is this he (il)? And then I thought about it. In Russian, the heat or cold weather is generally “stands”. Try explaining to foreigners why the weather “stands” 🧍🏼.
But it’s actually interesting. The rule looks like this: Because the weather does things, it’s not just there being something. And because French grammar absolutely needs a subject (il).
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