Breakdown of Es ist windig und der Wind kommt.
sein
to be
es
it
und
and
kommen
to come
windig
windy
der Wind
the wind
Questions & Answers about Es ist windig und der Wind kommt.
Why do we use Es at the beginning of the sentence?
Just like in English, German uses the impersonal es ('it') to describe weather conditions. Since there is no actual object or person doing the action, es steps in as a placeholder subject.
The English translation says 'is coming', but the German just uses kommt. Why isn't there a word for 'is'?
German does not have an '-ing' continuous tense like English. Whether the wind 'comes' generally or 'is coming' right at this moment, you just use the simple present tense: kommt.
Is the ending of windig similar to English?
Yes! Adding -ig to the end of a noun is a very common way to turn it into an adjective in German, exactly like adding '-y' in English. So the noun der Wind (the wind) becomes the adjective windig (windy).
Why is Wind capitalized but windig is not?
In German, all nouns (people, places, things, and concepts) must be capitalized, so Wind gets a capital letter. Because windig is an adjective describing the weather, it stays lowercase.
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