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A2Grammatik 10 min
es gibt and impersonal expressions (es regnet, es geht)
The most common German equivalent of 'there is / there are' is 'es gibt': 'Hier gibt es einen Park.' (There is a park here.) German also uses 'es' in some expressions about the weather, the time and how someone is, even though there is no real subject: 'Es regnet.', 'Es ist spät.', 'Wie geht es dir?' These patterns are everywhere in everyday speech.
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The most common German equivalent of 'there is / there are' is 'es gibt': 'Hier gibt es einen Park.' (There is a park here.) German also uses 'es' in some expressions about the weather, the time and how someone is, even though there is no real subject: 'Es regnet.', 'Es ist spät.', 'Wie geht es dir?' These patterns are everywhere in everyday speech.
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