Controlling the weather

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This lesson covers talking about the weather. 

The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here. 

British people love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here. 

Rainy, snowy, windy, sunny. Learn how to describe the weather. 

<p>Knowing how to talk about the weather is important in any language and recently it's been crazy so in this episode I wanted to introduce some useful words to talk about the weather changing while you practice your listening skills.</p> 

We talk about the weather, but not in a boring way. We hope. 

Angenommen, du triffst einen Menschen, den du noch nicht gut kennst. Dann redest du mit ihm natürlich nicht über deine privatesten Träume und Wünsche, sondern eher über allgemeine Themen. Sehr beliebt ist es, in dieser Situation über das Wetter zu sprechen. Zunächst einmal gibt e ... Show More

We talk about unreal or imaginary situations using the second conditional.