виктор, он (viktor, he/him)@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agohow do i explain “it’s raining” to my boyfriend?message-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squarehow do i explain “it’s raining” to my boyfriend?виктор, он (viktor, he/him)@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square92fedilinkfile-text
for context, he is not native english speaker as you could probably tell. do i just say outside is raining?
minus-squaretheTarrasque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoAnd „es regnet“ in German, also same
minus-squarethebestaquaman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThese to are grammatically equivalent to the English version though, because we use the “er/et”-ending in the verb instead of the English “is”. Without a subject it would just be “regner/regnet”.
minus-squarefristislurper@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoNo they are not. The literal equivalent would be ‘It rains’. Tenses just work slightly different in English.
And det regnar, same in swedish.
And „es regnet“ in German, also same
These to are grammatically equivalent to the English version though, because we use the “er/et”-ending in the verb instead of the English “is”. Without a subject it would just be “regner/regnet”.
No they are not. The literal equivalent would be ‘It rains’. Tenses just work slightly different in English.