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Lesson 14.4A1

Weather & Seasons

వాతావరణం మరియు ఋతువులు

German weather sentences almost always start with the impersonal es ('it'), while Telugu weather sentences default to a subjectless construction — one of the easiest grammar-to-vocabulary handoffs in this course.

Grammar Comparison

వ్యాకరణ పోలిక

Impersonal es vs. Telugu's subjectless weather sentences

German

Es regnet. (It rains/It's raining — es has no real referent, just a grammatical placeholder)

Telugu

వర్షం పడుతోంది. (rain is falling — no subject pronoun needed at all)

German grammar requires a subject in every sentence, so weather verbs get a placeholder subject, es, that doesn't refer to any real thing — it's purely there to satisfy the rule. Telugu doesn't have this requirement at all: వర్షం పడుతోంది simply states 'rain falls/is falling' with వర్షం itself as the subject, no placeholder needed. Treat German's es as a grammatical formality your Telugu instinct will want to skip — it's required precisely in the sentences where Telugu feels most naturally subject-free.

Vocabulary

పదజాలం

Es regnet.es RAYG-net
Telugu
వర్షం పడుతోంది.varsham paduthondi.
English
It's raining.
Es schneit.es shnyt
Telugu
మంచు పడుతోంది.manchu paduthondi.
English
It's snowing.
Es ist sonnig.es ist ZON-ikh
Telugu
ఎండగా ఉంది.endagaa undi.
English
It's sunny.
der Frühling / der Sommer / der Herbst / der WinterFRUE-ling / ZOM-er / hairbst / VIN-ter
Telugu
వసంతం / వేసవి / శరదృతువు / శీతాకాలంvasantham / vesavi / sharadruthuvu / seethaakaalam
English
spring / summer / autumn / winter
Es ist kalt / heiß.es ist kahlt / hys
Telugu
చలిగా / వేడిగా ఉంది.chaligaa / vedigaa undi.
English
It's cold / hot.