LESSON NOTES

Beginner #9
The Weather

CONTENTS
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German
English
Informal German
Informal English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Grammar
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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Ge r man

English

C lass

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

wie

how

pronoun

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
Wi e i st d e i n N a m e ?

Wi e h e i t d u ?

What's your name?

How are you called?

U n se r Ba u m tr g t vi e l e Fr ch te
d i e se s J a h r.

F r d i e se n Au sfl u g so l l te n S i e
w i d e rsta n d sf h i g e Kl e i d u n g tra g e n .

Our tree is carrying a lot of fruits this year.

You should wear resistant, as in resistant

to wind or rain, clothing for this excursion.

Er tr g t n u r Ma rke n kl a m o tte n .

D i e S ch w e ste rn tra g e n h e u te d a s
g l e i ch e Kl e i d .

He only wears brand-name clothes.

The sisters are wearing the same dress

today.

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D i e Am e i se n tra g e n Esse n .

Ich tra g e e i n e n H e l m .

The ants are carrying food.

I'm wearing a helmet. / I'm carrying a

helmet.

D a s i st zu te u e r.

Mo rg e n a rbe i te i ch u n d d a n n fl i e g e
i ch n a ch Bo sto n .

That is too expensive.

Tomorrow I work and then I fly to Boston.

Es w i rd sp te r R e g e n g e be n .

Es i st e i n so n n i g e r Mo rg e n .

There will be rain later.

It's a sunny morning.

Wa h rsch e i n l i ch w i rd e s re g n e n .

H e u te i st e s ka l t.

It will probably rain.

Today it's cold.

D a s We tte r h e u te i st se h r sch w l .

Es w i rd sp te r R e g e n g e be n .

The weather is really humid today.

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.

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