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Was gibt es heute zum Abendessen?
What's for dinner today?
In German
Was gibt es heute zum Abendessen?
vas gipt es hoy-te tsum ah-bend-es-en?
🇬🇧 English
What's for dinner today?
🇪🇸 Español
¿Qué hay para cenar hoy?
🇮🇹 Italiano
Cosa c'è per cena oggi?
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Was | What | Interrogative pronoun |
| gibt | gives | Verb (geben, 3rd pers. sing.) |
| es | it | Impersonal pronoun |
| heute | today | Adverb |
| zum | for the | Preposition + Article (zu + dem) |
| Abendessen | dinner | Noun (neuter) |
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Grammar Point
Impersonal expression "es gibt" (there is/are)
Variations
Was essen wir heute Abend?
What are we eating tonight?
Was kochen wir heute?
What are we cooking today?
Related
I drank coffee this morning.
Ich habe heute Morgen Kaffee getrunken.
ish hah-be hoy-te mor-gen ka-fey ge-troon-ken
Are you thirsty? (Literally: Do you have thirst?)
Hast du Durst?
hast doo doorst?
The wine goes well with the fish.
Der Wein passt gut zum Fisch.
der veyn past goot tsum fish
I am hungry. (Literally: I have hunger.)
Ich habe Hunger.
ish hah-be hoon-ger
Do you like pizza?
Magst du Pizza?
mahgst doo pit-sa?
I would like a coffee.
Ich hätte gerne einen Kaffee.
ish het-te ger-ne ey-nen ka-fey