Comments on: Beginner Lesson #9 - Will I get soaked? http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/ Learn German with Free Podcasts Whether you are student or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at GermanPod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:01:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Peter http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-2558 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:11:51 +0000 http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-2558 Ich wohne im Vereinigtes Königreich. Hier ist das Wetter wie es in der Dominikanischen Republik ist. Ja, wirklich... Hier sagt man Fahrenheit wann es heiß ist und Celsius wann es kalt ist. Ich wohne im Vereinigtes Königreich. Hier ist das Wetter wie es in der Dominikanischen Republik ist. Ja, wirklich…

Hier sagt man Fahrenheit wann es heiß ist und Celsius wann es kalt ist.

]]> by: Salivia_Baker http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-301 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:31:12 +0000 http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-301 Fahrenheit is based on the Rømer’s scale and it has the two fixed points of freezing water and human body temperature with some adjustments. Very weird and confusing if you ask me ;) my favourite thing about weather is the expression "es ist wechselhaft" that can mean anything :p Fahrenheit is based on the Rømer’s scale and it has the two fixed points of freezing water and human body temperature with some adjustments. Very weird and confusing if you ask me ;)

my favourite thing about weather is the expression “es ist wechselhaft” that can mean anything :p

]]> by: anahita12 http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-279 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:13:16 +0000 http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-279 Hallo Li, After having read your English text I'd translate it as follows: Ich wohne in Nottingham (now most Germans would say England instead of UK as the expression UK or Vereinigtes Königreich is not very common, so many just say England when they mean the UK, often not being aware that this might be wrong). Heute ist Donnerstag, es ist bewölkt. Morgen wird es regnen. Freitags regnet es immer (or: Es regnet freitags immer). Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland, anahita12 Hallo Li,

After having read your English text I’d translate it as follows:

Ich wohne in Nottingham (now most Germans would say England instead of UK as the expression UK or Vereinigtes Königreich is not very common, so many just say England when they mean the UK, often not being aware that this might be wrong).
Heute ist Donnerstag, es ist bewölkt. Morgen wird es regnen. Freitags regnet es immer (or: Es regnet freitags immer).

Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland,

anahita12

]]> by: Li http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-277 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:38:40 +0000 http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-277 Danke GermanPod101, Think I meant to express "I live in Nottingham, UK. Today is Thursday, it is cloudy. It'll rain tomorrow. It always rains on Fridays. " Didn't quite get there ...:oops: Looking forward to the next lesson. Danke GermanPod101,
Think I meant to express “I live in Nottingham, UK. Today is Thursday, it is cloudy. It’ll rain tomorrow. It always rains on Fridays. ”

Didn’t quite get there … :oops:

Looking forward to the next lesson.

]]> by: GermanPod101 http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-276 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:10:35 +0000 http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-276 Thanks for the detailed explanation :-) Li, here's your correction: Ich wohne in Nottingham, UK. Heute ist Donnerstag, es wird wolkig. Es wird am Morgen Regen geben. Es wird auch freitags regnen. Jacqueline, your text was almost perfect: Ich wohne in der Dominikanischen Republik. Das Wetter ist fast immer sonnig hier. Es ist auch immer sehr heiß. Way to go! :smile: Thanks for the detailed explanation :-)

Li, here’s your correction:
Ich wohne in Nottingham, UK. Heute ist Donnerstag, es wird wolkig. Es wird am Morgen Regen geben. Es wird auch freitags regnen.

Jacqueline, your text was almost perfect:
Ich wohne in der Dominikanischen Republik. Das Wetter ist fast immer sonnig hier. Es ist auch immer sehr heiß.

Way to go! :smile:

]]> by: Jacqueline http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-275 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:12:01 +0000 http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-275 And also note that it's not farenheit, it's Fahrenheit. And also note that it’s not farenheit, it’s Fahrenheit.

]]> by: Jacqueline http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-274 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:06:06 +0000 http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-274 Maxiewawa, Fahrenheit sounds like a german name because in fact it is a german surname ^^. The Fahrenheit temperature scale is named after the german physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. Maxiewawa,

Fahrenheit sounds like a german name because in fact it is a german surname ^^. The Fahrenheit temperature scale is named after the german physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.

]]> by: maxiewawa http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-271 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:21:59 +0000 http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-271 In Celcius, 0 degrees is the freezing point of water, and 100 is the boiling point. So to make a thermometer calibrated to Celcius, you just make your thermometer, and put it in fresh wasser that has just frozen. Mark off that point as 0. Then boil it at sea level (air pressure affects its boiling point). Mark off the point that it boils, and that is 100. As my high school science teacher explained it to me, the story behind Farenheit is more complicated. In those days, fresh water was very hard to come by. And the freshness of the water will affect its boiling point. So to get round this problem, Mr Farenheit used saline water. There is an upper limit to how much salt you can dissolve in water, so to this way you can keep the freshness level of the water constant no matter where you calibrate your thermometer. This is why 0 degrees Farenheit is the freezing point of saline water. And instead of boiling water, Farenheit used the hottest thing he had handy, a horse. 100 degrees is the body temperature of a horse. So Farenheit was just a matter of practicality. Farenheit didn't have fresh water handy, and had no way of boiling it, so he calibrated his thermometer in a different way. I'm not sure if this is at all true though, like I said, it was something that a science teacher told me when I was a little Gymnasium student. By the way, Farenheit sounds like a German name, doesn't it? In Celcius, 0 degrees is the freezing point of water, and 100 is the boiling point. So to make a thermometer calibrated to Celcius, you just make your thermometer, and put it in fresh wasser that has just frozen. Mark off that point as 0. Then boil it at sea level (air pressure affects its boiling point). Mark off the point that it boils, and that is 100.

As my high school science teacher explained it to me, the story behind Farenheit is more complicated. In those days, fresh water was very hard to come by. And the freshness of the water will affect its boiling point. So to get round this problem, Mr Farenheit used saline water. There is an upper limit to how much salt you can dissolve in water, so to this way you can keep the freshness level of the water constant no matter where you calibrate your thermometer. This is why 0 degrees Farenheit is the freezing point of saline water.

And instead of boiling water, Farenheit used the hottest thing he had handy, a horse. 100 degrees is the body temperature of a horse.

So Farenheit was just a matter of practicality. Farenheit didn’t have fresh water handy, and had no way of boiling it, so he calibrated his thermometer in a different way.

I’m not sure if this is at all true though, like I said, it was something that a science teacher told me when I was a little Gymnasium student.

By the way, Farenheit sounds like a German name, doesn’t it?

]]> by: Jacqueline http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-270 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:21:44 +0000 http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-270 Ich wohne in der Dominikanische Republik. das Wetter ist fast immer Sonnig hier. Es ist immer sehr heiß auch. Ich wohne in der Dominikanische Republik. das Wetter ist fast immer Sonnig hier. Es ist immer sehr heiß auch.

]]> by: Li http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-268 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:29:05 +0000 http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-268 Ich wohne in Nottingham, UK. Heute ist der Donnerstag, es wird wolkig. Es wird Regen der Morgen geben. Es wird Regen freitags. ..... any good? Ich wohne in Nottingham, UK. Heute ist der Donnerstag, es wird wolkig. Es wird Regen der Morgen geben. Es wird Regen freitags.

….. any good?

]]> by: GermanPod101.com http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-266 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:30:58 +0000 http://www.germanpod101.com/2008/06/12/beginner-lesson-9-will-i-get-soaked/#comment-266 How's the weather where you live? Is it comparable to Germany's? Try answering in German! How’s the weather where you live? Is it comparable to Germany’s? Try answering in German!

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