Breakdown of Das Wetter ist schön und es gibt heute keinen Regen.
sein
to be
es
it
und
and
schön
beautiful
kein
no, not any
heute
today
geben
to give
das Wetter
the weather
der Regen
the rain
Questions & Answers about Das Wetter ist schön und es gibt heute keinen Regen.
Why does the sentence use es gibt to mean "there is"?
In German, the fixed phrase es gibt literally translates to "it gives," but it is the standard way to say "there is" or "there are." We use it to talk about the existence of something, like rain or sunshine!
Why is it keinen Regen instead of just kein Regen?
The phrase es gibt always requires a direct object, which means the noun following it must be in the accusative case. Because Regen is a masculine noun (der Regen), the negative word kein takes the masculine accusative ending to become keinen.
Could I put the word heute at the very end of the sentence?
People would understand you, but it sounds unnatural. German usually places time words like heute (today) early in the sentence, right after the verb and before the object. This is often called the "Time before Place" rule!
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