Giving a temperature

Giving a temperature
 

I just read the following sentence:
Si la temperatura es de 99°F, el calor es excesivo.

Are temperatures always given with "de"? If so, will you give me a few more sample sentences? If not, what does the "de" signify here?

Thank you!!

Si la temperatura es 35°
Si la temperatura es de 35°
Si hacen 35°
Si hace 35° (Si hace una temperatura de 35°)
Si hay 35° (Si hay una temperatura de 35°)

temperatura = 35°
"temperatura de 35°"

español y Fahrenheit no van juntos

Lo sé. :)

Thanks again. So it's kind of like in English, to say "the temperature is 35°" or "a temperature of 35°"?

It's keeping a concept and its measure as separated items:

una temperatura de 37°
el importe es de $40
una magnitud de 7 en la escala de Richter y una intensidad de IX en la escala de Mercalli

I think one of the reasons is the units as:

Una temperatura de 100°F es lo mismo que una temperatura de 37,8°C
(pero quien tiene 37,8° esta ardiendo en/de fiebre mientras quien tiene 100°F está hirviendo de fiebre ;))

I understand all of that except the quoted example above. It would make more sense to me as "el importe de $40", but with the "es", I'm not sure about it....

http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltCons...3&LEMA=importe

:)

Right. I know what "importe" means. I don't understand Alec's sentence because of the word "es".

Sorry, I didn't read well.

The cost is of $$$...

Right. That's the part that doesn't make sense to me. I don't see why the "de" or "of" is there along with the "is" or "es".

That form is found in English too. Old but it was used. I guess I have even heard people around here in Nevada use it too. :thinking:

Maybe I read it... I don't know.

el importe es de $40
el importe suma $40
el importe hace $40
el importe totaliza $40

el importe es de $40 ---> tengo que pagar un importe de $40

la temperatura es de 37,8°C ---> tengo que sufrir una temperatura de 37,8°C

el movimiento sísmico fue de una magnitud de 7 puntos en la escala de Richter ---> ¡era taaaan bueno! :crazy:

[algo mensurable] es de (un valor de) X unidades de medida

Questions/comments within the quote. (Thanks, Alec!)

Not necessarily. They are mostly the ways -including regional- you may hear.

Do they ever do it? Think about how we feel saying "I hope it is useful"

Don't forget that all this thing of everybody learning to solve equations and interpolating things (and having no clue) is an achievement of modern times. I suppose that 250 or 400 years ago all figures were circumscribed to lofty halls while popular use of units were idiomatically confused -I know at least two instances where the same unit were used as a length and volume unit-. So I find natural the language found a way to state clearly they really knew what they're talking about in legal documents and formal environments.

I'll let it as practise, a cultural one :wicked:. A hint : Don't be literal.