Today I am going to share the homework correction quoted from my JLPT N3 course!
The student’s sentence is not correct. Can you find the mistake?

 

[Student’s sentence]

 

12月なのに、夏らしい天気だ。

*12がつなのに、なつらしいてんきだ。

 

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[My correction]

 

12月なのに、夏らしい天気だ。
→12月なのに、夏のような天気だ。
Even though it’s December, the weather is like summer.

 

The らしい indicates that something has an appearance that reminds oneself of its representative aspect.
夏らしい means that it is summer right now. But, December is not summer, so you cannot use 夏らしい in this sentence.

夏のようだ means “It’s not summer now, but the weather really seems like it is.

AはBらしい：A=B, A has B’s qualities/characteristics.
AはBのようだ：A is not B, but seems like B.

 

I hope my explanation helps you.😊

 

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