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Constructions with 'es gibt'On this page, we will introduce some special phrases with the verb 'geben' (to give), which are very commonly used in German. 'Es gibt ...' in German means something like 'There are ...' or 'We will have ...' or 'We are having ...'. Was gibt es heute zu essen? Es gibt heute Schweinefilets mit Pilzen und Wein. Let's go back to the dialog from the very first page of this lesson and have a closer look at one particular sentence: "Ok, das gibt es alles dort drüben." The following table lists the most important uses of "es gibt" in German and its approximate translations in English.
Exercise Can you tell the approximate meaning of the following sentences? Use the table above to figure out the idea behind each of these sentences. Example: Was gibt es heute zu esses? What are we going to eat today?
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