DAS WETTER - THE WEATHER
Useful Phrases |
| D E U T S C H |
E N G L I S H |
| Fragen - Questions |
| Wie ist das Wetter heute? |
What's the weather like today? |
| Ist es warm/kalt/kühl? |
Is it warm/cold/cool? |
| Wie viel Grad sind es? |
What's the temperature?
"How many degrees is it?" |
| Scheint die Sonne? |
Is the sun shining? |
| Wo ist mein Regenschirm? |
Where's my umbrella? |
| PHRASES 1 - ES + VERB |
| Es regnet. |
It's raining. |
| Es blitzt. |
There's lightning. |
| Es donnert. |
It's thundering. |
| Es schneit. |
It's snowing. |
| Es hagelt. |
It's hailing. |
| PHRASES 2 - ES IST + ADJECTIVE |
| Es ist schön. |
It's nice. |
| Es ist bewölkt. |
It's cloudy. |
| Es ist heiß. |
It's hot. |
| Es ist kalt. |
It's cold. |
| Es ist windig. |
It's windy. |
| Es ist schwül. |
It's muggy/humid. |
| So ein Sauwetter! |
Such lousy weather! |
| DATIVE PHRASES - MIR + IST |
| Mir ist kalt. |
I feel cold./I'm cold. |
| Ist es dir zu heiß? |
Do you feel too hot?/Are you too hot? |
| DATIVE PHRASES: Although it is okay to say "I'm hot/cold" in English, this is not the case in German. To express that you feel hot or cold in German, you use a dative pronoun (dir and mir in the examples above). The German says "to me it is hot" rather than "I am hot" — which means something like you are "in heat"! |
