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Small talk in German and you don't know what to talk about?
Better to talk about the weather! But you don't even know how? Then take a look at
Watch this video and your small talk will succeed. Let's go!
Hi, glad you're back! For everyone who doesn't know me yet,
My name is Jannika, and from today onward, I am your German teacher.
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Do you also have problems with small talk? You don't want to talk about a controversial topic
Talk about the topic, but it shouldn't be boring either?
Then this video is exactly right for you.
Germans love talking about the weather.
It's like an icebreaker. Today I'm going to show you the vocabulary related to weather and
Even starter questions for small talk. So stay tuned until the end!
You don't need to take any notes during the entire lesson,
because I've compiled everything for you into a single PDF file. You can access it
You're welcome to download it for free. You'll find the link below this video.
Of course, I'll give you homework again, and we'll do a
Quiz at the end of the video. I'm giving you the homework now.
What is this called in German? Write your answer in the comments after class.
Talking— isn't that boring, right? No, it's very typical in Germany.
small talk about the weather. Maybe it's a
A bit strange, but the Germans love it. I'll show you three sentences, with
you can start a small talk about the weather. You can be very casual
Say, how's the weather with you? Or is it pretty cold today, right?
Hopefully, the weather will be better this weekend.
These three sentences are typical icebreaker questions, and perhaps this will work
Your Smalltalk. If you express yourself clearly and distinctly in Smalltalk
Of course, you'll also need vocabulary. I'll show you the most important ones.
Vocabulary. You surely already know that the weather in Germany is very
can be changeable. Our first word, rain, is a masculine noun.
Many weather phenomena are masculine, so they require the article "der." And how
Can we say, when it's raining? Very simple, it's raining today. You must
The S with nennen. Today it is raining. Or alternatively, today it is rainy.
Rainy is the adjective. When there is a lot of rain, we say, it is raining today.
Stark. Colloquially, we could say it's pouring today.
In formal contexts, such as weather reports, you often hear for the
A strong rainfall is expected for the weekend. Rainfall is a synonym.
For rain. If there is only a little rain, we might say, "It is lightly raining today."
Or today there is drizzle. Drizzle is light rain.
It's drizzling today. It's drizzling in northern Germany.
Is there often wind, the wind, also masculine. For example, we can say, in
It's windy in Hamburg. Windy is the adjective here. It's windy in Hamburg.
Or in Hamburg the wind blows. Colloquially, we often say, outside
It's pulling. Very good, you've already accomplished half! Just stay a little longer
drown, to further improve your German. A stronger variant of
Wind is the storm. There we can say there is a storm, so there is
plus accusative. More elegantly: a storm is approaching or a storm is coming.
The adjective is "stormy." If the weather is very bad, then we call it
Also a thunderstorm or a storm. For this, we need three expressions.
The lightning. It is lightning. Or the thunder. It is thundering. It is storming or a storm
It's leaving. The cloud. Here we have a feminine noun. The cloud. There are often
Clouds in the sky. Then we can say it is cloudy. The adjective is
Cloudy. In colloquial speech, we say it's quite gray today. Or the
The sun cannot be seen. And what about the weather in winter? It often has
Snow. The word "snow" is masculine in German. In winter, there is snow. Or the verb. In winter
It is snowing heavily. In winter, it snows heavily. Tomorrow, snow will fall. The opposite
It is the sun. Feminine. The sun. Here we have many adjectives. In summer it is
It's sunny. Of course, you could also say it's nice in summer. That is
more generally. Or tomorrow it will be clear. Colloquially. The sun is letting
make eye contact. Now all that's missing is the temperature. How can I possibly...
Rewriting temperature? We can say it's hot. So, very warm. Or it's
Warm. In winter we say it's cool or it's cold. And have you been well?
Attention, now we're going to take the test to check the newly learned knowledge
Save it. And if you've been paying close attention, we'll now take the test to check it
to store newly acquired knowledge. Please don't forget your homework. What is the name
What is this in German? Write your answer now in the comments.
Of course, I will read your answer and correct it if necessary.
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