Junge Deutsche: telling the time, uses of 'es'
I can tell the time and use 'es' in different contexts, making meaning more concise when discussing life for young Germans.
Junge Deutsche: telling the time, uses of 'es'
I can tell the time and use 'es' in different contexts, making meaning more concise when discussing life for young Germans.
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Key learning points
- 'Uhr' means 'o'clock'. 'Halb' means 'half to the next hour'.
- 'Es' can be used as a pronoun to replace a neuter noun.
- 'Es' can refer back or forward to a fact or idea, epxressed in a clause or sentence.
- 'Es' can be used with impersonal verbs.
Keywords
Es - a subject and obect pronoun which often translates as 'it' and has a number of functions
Impersonal verb - a verb that doesn't refer to a particular person or thing, and whose subject is most often 'es' (it)
Common misconception
To say 'it' in German, always use 'es'.
As a pronoun, 'es' only replaces a neuter noun. 'Das Buch? Ich lese es gern.' ('A book? I like reading it.'). Use 'ihn' or 'sie' for masculine and feminine nouns. 'Der neue Film? Ich finde ihn (it) toll.'. 'Berlin? Ich besuche sie (it) gern.'.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
(the) young person, adolescent (m)
(a) young person, adolescent (m)
(the) young person, adolescent (f)
(a) young person, adolescent (f)
(the) young people
youth
thin
empty
public
pure, clear, clean
sharp, spicy
dirty
Exit quiz
6 Questions
es ist zwei Uhr dreißig
es ist ist sechs Uhr fünfzehn
es ist ist acht Uhr fünfundvierzig
es ist zwölf Uhr fünfzig
es ist sieben Uhr zwanzig
es ist fünf Uhr fünfundfünfzig
Ich lese ein Buch und es ist toll.
Das Buch wird toll sein, ich weiß es schon!
Es ist wichtig, das Buch zu lesen.
Es fällt mir schwer, das Buch zu lesen.