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11. Tag, Monat, Jahreszeit

  Morgen? ist Dienstag.
Tomorrow is Tuesday.
  Ich habe morgen viel zu tun.
I have a lot to do tomorrow.
  Ich muss die Dokumente für meinen? Chef bis Mittwoch vorbereiten?.
I have to prepare the documents for my boss until Wednesday.
  Was für? Dokumente sind das?
What kind of documents are that?
  Die Dokumente sind wichtig, weil sie für ein Projekt nötig sind?.
The documents are important, because they are necessary for a project.
  Das Projekt soll am Mittwoch beginnen, und fünf Ingenieure sollen ein Jahr lang für einen Kunden arbeiten.
The project should start on Wednesday and five engineers should work for a customer for one year.
  Am? Montag haben wir Urlaub.
On Monday we are on holiday.
  Wir fahren ans? Meer.
We are driving to the ocean.
  Wir bleiben dort nur eine Woche.
We are staying there for only one week.
  Ich muss am Montag wieder hier sein, weil ich arbeiten muss?.
I have to be here again on Monday, because I have to work.
  Wie ist das Wetter in Berlin?
How is the weather in Berlin?
  Im? Winter ist es sehr kalt.
In the Winter it is very cold.
  Im? Januar und Februar ist der Himmel sehr grau.
In January and February is the sky very gray.
  Es kann Schnee geben und natürlich viel Regen.
There can be snow and of course a lot of rain.
  Im Frühling ist es in Berlin sehr schön.
In the Spring it is very beautiful in Berlin.
  Es wird? wärmer?, die Sonne scheint, aber natürlich kann es auch regnen.
It becomes warmer, the sun shines, but of course it can also rain.
  Der Sommer in Berlin kann sehr heiß sein.
The summer in Berlin can be very hot.
  Viele Menschen verlassen die Stadt für den Urlaub, doch? im Sommer ist Berlin sehr interessant.
Many people leave the city for holidays, but it is very interesting in Berlin in the summer.
  Es gibt viele Konzerte und andere Shows.
There are many concerts and other shows.
  Ich mag den Herbst in Berlin.
I like the autumn in Berlin.
  Es ist noch warm und das Wetter ist angenehm.
It is still warm, and the weather is pleasant.
  Die Bäume sind bunt und ich verbringe viel Zeit im Park.
The trees are colorful, and I spend a lot of time in the park.
  Ich lese dort ein Buch oder sitze einfach auf einer Bank und höre Musik von meinem Handy?.
I read a book there, or I just sit on a bench and listen to music from my smartphone.
The word morgen can mean "morning" if it is a noun (Morgen) or "tomorrow" if it is an adverb (morgen).
Possessive pronouns also change in different cases. Here we can see that mein becomes meinen because Chef is a masculine noun and the preposition für goes with accusative.
When we use modal verbs, in this case muss additional verb to that modal verb goes at the end of the sentence.
Was für is a common phrase to ask, "what kind of...?".
This is a compound sentence connected with weil so the verb in the second sentence goes to the end.
Am is short for "an dem". dem is a definite article for masculine nouns in the dative. When you want to say that something happens on a specific day in German, you will use the preposition "an" + dative. Since all days of the week are masculine nouns, you will use am.
ans is short for "an das".
In this compound sentence connected with weil, the second sentence has two verbs. Since "weil" is used, we must push the verb to the end, so we push both verbs to the end of the sentence. The modal verb goes to the last place, and the second verb goes before the modal verb.
Im is short for "in dem". "dem" indicates that the dative case is used. When something is happening in a certain season, we use the preposition "in"+dative, and since all seasons are masculine nouns, you will use im before the name of the season.
Im is also used for months when something is happening in a certain month. All month names are masculine nouns.
wird is the 3rd person singular of the verb werden (to become). The verb "werden" is used a lot in German language, as we will see in future lessons.
wärmer (warmer) is the comparative of the adjective warm (warm). Notice how, in comparative, the adjective got the umlaut. We will talk about adjectives in future lessons.
doch is a very common word in the German language. It can be translated as "on the contrary".
Handy is a word used in German for mobile phone. It sounds like it came from English, but it didn't.

Key phrases

Am Montag haben wir Urlaub.
Im Winter ist es sehr kalt.
Was für Dokumente sind das?
Im Januar und Februar ist der Himmel sehr grau.
Der Sommer in Berlin kann sehr heiß sein.

Questions

1. _ _ _ ? ist das Wetter in Berlin?
2. _ _ ? Montag haben wir Urlaub.
3. Wir bleiben dort nur _ _ _ _ ? Woche.
4. Es _ _ _ _ ? wärmer.
5. Ich _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ? viel Zeit im Park.





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