The Danish Weather is Predictably Unpredictable! — Video Conversation

Learn how to use the past continuous tense and some common weather expressions with this video conversation

Lesson Transcript

In this lesson, you'll listen to a dialogue with the text.

Second, you'll review the key vocabulary followed by the English translations.

And finally, you'll review the dialogue with the text again to master what you've learned.

First, listen to the dialogue with the text on the screen.

Lad os skynde os indenfor.

Sikke et regnvejr!

Ja, himlen var blå og skyfri, og solen skinnede for lidt siden.

Det kan hurtigt skifte om vinteren.

Jeg ville ønske, det ikke var så koldt.

Eller at det ville sne i stedet for at regne.

Ja, men ikke for meget. Ellers stopper togene måske med at køre.

Nårh, ja. Det er rigtigt.

Hey, nu hagler det!

Now you'll hear the key vocabulary followed by the English translation.

regnvejr, 'rainy weather'

at regne, 'to rain'

at sne, 'to snow'

at hagle, 'to hail'

ellers, 'or, or else, otherwise'

at skinne, 'to shine'

himmel, 'sky, heaven'

sol, 'sun'

skyfri, 'cloudless'

at skifte, 'to change, to switch'

Finally let's review the dialogue again, see if you can understand more this time.