Wie ist das Wetter heute?
How is the weather today?
German A1 · Lesson 20/30 · Free
Weather and seasons
In this lesson you will learn to describing the weather and choosing activities.
Lektion 2001 · First, listen
Dialogue in context
Listen to the complete conversation and follow the translation.
AnnaWie ist das Wetter heute?How is the weather today?
02 · Essential phrases
Listen and repeat
Learn each expression as a complete block.
Es ist sonnig und warm.
It is sunny and warm.
Gehen wir in den Park?
Shall we go to the park?
Gern. Morgen regnet es.
With pleasure. Tomorrow it will rain.
Dann nehme ich morgen einen Regenschirm mit.
Then I'll take an umbrella tomorrow.
Gute Idee.
Good idea.
es ist
describing the weather and choosing activities
es regnet,
The complete situation
03 · Understand the logic
Explanation
Keep the German visible while you listen to the explanation.
Explanation 1
Dein Beispiel
Now try describing the weather and choosing activities, replacing one piece of information with something true about yourself.
Explanation 2
Sonne
Es ist sonnig describes the weather with es ist plus adjective: sonnig, sunny, comes from Sonne, sun. Many weather adjectives end in -ig: windig, wolkig, neblig.
Explanation 3
Es regnet
Es regnet is a special case: the verb itself says everything, without an adjective. Regnen, to rain, always comes with the impersonal es: es regnet, es schneit, it snows.
Explanation 4
es regnet, es schneit
Es regnet is a special case: the verb itself says everything, without an adjective. Regnen, to rain, always comes with the impersonal es: es regnet, es schneit, it snows.
04 · Review
Test what you learned
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