LESSON NOTES

Beginner #9The Weather

CONTENTS

2 German2 English2 Informal German3 Informal English3 Vocabulary4 Sample Sentences5 Grammar6 Cultural Insight

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GERMAN

1. #2: Frau Wucher, wie wird das Wetter heute? Wird es kalt?

2. #1: Nein, es wird wahrscheinlich sehr schn warm und sonnig.

3. #2: Wird es sehr warm sein?

4. #1: Nein, nicht zu warm.

5. #2: Dann werde ich Jeans tragen. Wird es spter Regen geben?

6. #1: Wahrscheinlich nicht.

7. #2: Gut.

ENGLISH

1. #2: Ms Wucher, how is the weather going to be today?

2. #1: It will probably be very nice warm and sunny.

3. #2: Will it be very warm?

4. #1: No, not too warm.

5. #2: Then I will wear jeans. Will there be rain later?

6. #1: Probably not.

7. #2: Good.

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1. #2: Michaela, wie wird das Wetter heute? Wird es kalt?

2. #1: Nein, es wird wahrscheinlich sehr schn warm und sonnig.

3. #2: Wird es sehr warm sein?

4. #1: Nein, nicht zu warm.

5. #2: Dann werde ich Jeans tragen. Wird es spter Regen geben?

6. #1: Wahrscheinlich nicht.

7. #2: Gut.

INFORMAL ENGLISH

1. #2: Michaela, how is the weather going to be today?

2. #1: It will probably be very nice warm and sunny.

3. #2: Will it be very warm?

4. #1: No, not too warm.

5. #2: Then I will wear jeans. Will there be rain later?

6. #1: Probably not.

7. #2: Good.

VOCABULARY

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German English Class Gender

wie how pronoun

when not used as a question word, wie has the meaning of

as

tragen to wear; to carry verb

zu too (much) adverb / preposition

dann then adverb

spter later adverb

sonnig sunny adjective

wahrscheinlich probably adverb

kalt cold adjective

Wetter weather noun plural is the same

Regen rain noun masculine

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Wie ist de in Nam e? What's your name?

Wie heit du? How are you called?

Unser Baum trgt vie le Frchte

d ieses J ahr. Our tree is carrying a lot of fruits this year.

Fr d iesen Ausflug so l l ten S ie

widerstandsfhige Kle idung tragen. You should wear resistant, as in resistant to wind or rain, clothing for this excursion.

Er trgt nur Markenklam otten. He only wears brand-name clothes.

Die S chwestern tragen heute das

g le iche Kle id . The sisters are wearing the same dress today.

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Die Am eisen tragen Essen. The ants are carrying food.

Ich trage e inen Helm . I'm wearing a helmet. / I'm carrying a helmet.

Das ist zu teuer. That is too expensive.

Morgen arbei te ich und dann fl iege

ich nach Boston. Tomorrow I work and then I fly to Boston.

Es wi rd spter Regen geben. There will be rain later.

Es ist e in sonniger Morgen. It's a sunny morning.

Wahrschein l ich wi rd es regnen. It will probably rain.

Heute ist es ka l t. Today it's cold.

Das Wetter heute ist sehr schwl . The weather is really humid today.

Es wi rd spter Regen geben. There will be rain later.

GRAMMAR

A question like "Wie wird das Wetter morgen?" (How is the weather going to be tomorrow?) requires the future tense. In German, the future is formed using a form of werden and the infinitive of the verb you intend to use.Unfortunately werden is not just a vowel-changing verb but also irregular. The forms are: ich werde, du wirst, er wird, wir werden, ihr werdet, sie werden

Also, you need to be careful whenever there are two verbs (or auxiliary + verb) in a German sentence: the second one will go to the end of the sentence. Compare for example "ich esse einen Pfannkuchen" (I eat a pancake) and "Ich werde einen Pfannkuchen essen" (I will eat a pancake) - this literally translates to "I will a pancake eat" and sounds a bit like Yoda, but in German it's the only right way to say this.

The special expression "es gibt" (there is/are) changes to "es wird geben" (there will be), and this is often used when talking about the weather, for example you will often hear "es wird Regen geben(there will be rain).

Finally, you can also dismiss all of this and use the present tense with a future meaning when

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the context is clear: for example in the last lesson we heard "ich nehme mir noch zwei Wrstchen", meaning "I will take two more sausages" rather than "I am taking two more sausages".

CULTURAL INSIGHT

The weather in Germany is quite typical for its region. As in the remaining countries of central Europe, a temperate cool and cloudy weather dominates. The weather in the northern part of Germany is influenced by winds from the North Sea most of the time, so temperatures over 28C in summer and below 0C in winter are rare (note that everybody in Germany uses degrees Celsius and may not have heard of Fahrenheit).

If you want to do winter sports during Christmas time, you either have to visit the southern part of Germany or one of the indoor-skiing centers that have become very popular in the last years in the northern part of Germany.

For people in the Ruhrpott (a megalopolis in the north west) and the surrounding areas it is a very common custom to go to the Baggerloch on hot summer days to swim, relax or just enjoy the weather. These Baggerlcher (= plural of Baggerloch) are huge man-made lakes which are a relict of the gravel-mining in the area. If you want to go to one of these, be cautious: There are some Baggerlcher which are opened for the public and guaranteed to be safe to swim in but many more are fenced in and officially part of a company site. Typically, no one will care if someone comes there to swim and there will be fewer people than in the others but you never know if it might be dangerous to swim there as there could be old steel cables in the water or the water depth could increase suddenly, so if you go there take someone with you who knows where its safe.