"It was cloudy this morning."

Translation: 今朝はくもりでした。

[azureviolin]

今朝は曇りでした

[rioscac]

Is は necessary in this? Usually we can use 今日 without the marker right?

[Keith_APP]

Yes and No.

は is used for making a topic, so you use は when you do need to make something a topic. That's it.

今日 買い物に 行きます。

I go shopping today.

(Today is just an information)

今日は パスタを 食べたい。

I want to eat pasta today.

(More precisely Talking about today, I want to eat pasta. Perhaps I usually eat rice everyday, today is special and I want to bring it up as a topic.)

今日は きれいですね。

You are beautiful today!

(…What? Did I use to look awful?)

[RestRabbitRest]

Wow that was very helpful, thanks Keith.

However I still do think DL lacks some consistency across different types of questions.. well, after all DL is just a robot. All I can do is to hope it becomes a better robot.

[Keith_APP]

I am glad that you find it helpful.

I am neither native English nor Japanese speaker, but maybe I understand how difficult it is to start learning Japanese and I also had as many questions as you guys do. Duo is free, give it some time and enjoy learning.

[rioscac]

Thanks! That's a very clear explanation. I was wondering because it marked me wrong when I didn't put the は in. I was wondering if it was ungrammatical if I don't.

[SebastianS968292]

Thanks for the explanation!
About the last sentence, I thought ですね mean "isn't it", so it would be "you are beautiful today, aren't you?"

Like おいしいね means " it's tasty isn't it? "

Or did I misunderstand something?

[Bryan65960]

ね is an agreement seeking particle but is also used to confirm a fact or a sense of "togetherness". So, yeah, it may be translated as "you are beautiful today, aren't you?" I believe it is more of a confirmation (by being flattering) of what both people would agree on, or more of a rhetorical statement.

[timu4321]

You are good at teaching languages. Thanks.

[V2Blast]

I typed 今朝は曇っていました, and it was marked wrong. I think it's also correct... I've reported it (Dec. 7).

[RaleighStarbuck]

Same thing I wrote, and it is still not accepted. Reported again- 7/2/2018

[sora_Japan]

@V2Blast

今朝は曇っていた is not accepted, too. (2019 Sep. 17) . I have to learn Japanese more!!

[BenJammin234988]

Whats the difference between "desu" and "dashita"?

[Keith_APP]

It should be deshita.

Polite form and past polite form.

[disasterisks]

Is 今朝は曇りました "It became cloudy this morning" or is it also "It was cloudy this morning?"

[JSnow20]

This is what I tried first, and it was marked wrong

I also tried, 今朝は曇っていました, but that was marked wrong too, but im not sure why

[rikkilt]

difference between asa and kesa for morning? is it the same kanji but different pronounciations?

[Keith_APP]

朝/あさ is morning. It can be any morning.

今朝/けさ is this morning (only the morning of today)

[Jay301634]

I used けさ instead of 今朝 and it marked me wrong?

[RykerKalish]

I got an error on the hover hint

[Fukurotaku]

"けさ?" I thought morning was "あさ."

[Estel785882]

あさ is "morning". けさ is "this morning".

[ElmarNieland]

I got bumped for not having a 。at the end.
Boo DuoLingo, not cool!

[liandasara]

今 (いま/ima) now
朝 (あさ/asa) morning
今朝 (けさ/kesa) this morning

[LUckyBeast1]

今朝が曇りでした is not accepted. Does it have to be は instead of が?