вероника/виктор (veronika/viktor)@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agohow do i explain “it’s raining” to my boyfriend?message-squaremessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squarehow do i explain “it’s raining” to my boyfriend?вероника/виктор (veronika/viktor)@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square93fedilinkfile-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-up0·2 days agoAnd „es regnet“ in German, also same
minus-squarethebestaquaman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days 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-up0·2 days agoNo they are not. The literal equivalent would be ‘It rains’. Tenses just work slightly different in English.
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.