"The sky is cloudy."

Translation: 空が曇っています。

[zazakoolaid]

Could we also say 「そらがくもりです。」
Just going off of what Iearned prior

[Nush_W]

Yes we can

[Son.Goku]

Can we say 空はくもりです

[tom.m.duo]

also you can say like that. We usually say 今はくもりです or 天気はくもりです . whichever is fine. i think 天気 is also usual.
"今/今日は 空がくもって(い)る" "今/今日の 天気はくもり" "今はくもりです"

[hollt693]

Why does this mean the sky is being cloudy, as opposed to clouding over?

[Yoshiko47]

can we omit 空が ? just 曇っています ? is that wrong to say?

[KeithWong9]

It's fine but the English translation is more like "It is cloudy" although they are saying the same thing.

[Munna.]

が not は??

[KeithWong9]

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/35559111

"Phenomenal sentence vs conclusive sentence"

[delirante_otaku]

thanks for this

[JWong60254]

空が曇っています。

[Eoghann97]

So 曇る is a verb 'to be cloudy'?

[LeonaChaef]

Would this literally translate to "There are clouds in the sky"? I don't think we've seen "te" around much, so I'm struggling to understand how this is formed.

[AidanJohns944173]

Why can't you say 空が曇りです。?