Breakdown of Draußen ist es kalt und meine Nase ist kalt.
sein
to be
es
it
und
and
kalt
cold
draußen
outside
mein
my
die Nase
the nose
Questions & Answers about Draußen ist es kalt und meine Nase ist kalt.
Why does the sentence start with Draußen ist es instead of Draußen es ist?
In German main clauses, the verb must always be in the second position. Because the adverb Draußen (outside) takes up the first position, the verb ist comes next, pushing the subject es to the third position.
Why do we use es here?
Just like in English, German uses a dummy subject to talk about the weather or general conditions. So, es ist kalt translates exactly to "it is cold."
Why is the word for "my" written as meine instead of mein?
The ending of a possessive word changes based on the gender of the noun that follows it. Nase (nose) is a feminine noun, so as the subject of the sentence, mein gets an -e added to the end to become meine.
Does the word und affect the word order in the second half of the sentence?
No, und (and) is a coordinating conjunction, which means it acts like a bridge and does not take up a position in the sentence structure. The second part starts its own count, so the subject meine Nase is position 1, and the verb ist stays in position 2.
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