Iksaħ minn Hamburg

Colder than in Hamburg

Your goalI can understand a forecast, compare the weather here and at home, and talk about the seasons.

Tonio

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Wednesday. Tonio has the forecast for next week, festival week, on his screen: Monday rain, 17 degrees; Tuesday sun, 26 degrees. What is it like at home now? And in winter here? 8 degrees. And in summer, where do people go? The sea, Gozo, the seafront.

Wednesday morning in the office. Tonio has the forecast open on his screen, and a notebook beside it.
Tonio
Bonġu! Taf x'temp jagħmel il-ġimgħa d-dieħla?
Good morning! Do you know what the weather's doing next week?
Le. Għaliex il-ġimgħa d-dieħla?
No. Why next week?
Le. Għaliex il-ġimgħa d-dieħla?
No. Why next week?
Tonio
Għax is-Sibt id-dieħel il-festa. Jien dejjem għandi pjan għal kollox.
Because next Saturday is the feast. I always have a plan for everything.
Tonio
It-Tnejn xita, sbatax-il grad. It-Tlieta x-xemx, sitta u għoxrin. L-Erbgħa sħab u riħ.
Monday rain, seventeen degrees. Tuesday sun, twenty-six. Wednesday clouds and wind.
Tonio
U kif inhu t-temp issa f'Hamburg?
And what's the weather like in Hamburg now?
Iksaħ minn hawn, u iktar xita.
Colder than here, and more rain.
Iksaħ minn hawn, u iktar xita.
Colder than here, and more rain.
Tonio
Iktar xita minn hawn? Veru?
More rain than here? Really?
Veru. F'Hamburg tagħmel ix-xita kważi kuljum.
Really. In Hamburg it rains almost every day.
Veru. F'Hamburg tagħmel ix-xita kważi kuljum.
Really. In Hamburg it rains almost every day.
U kif inhi x-xitwa hawn?
And what's winter like here?
U kif inhi x-xitwa hawn?
And what's winter like here?
Tonio
Iksaħ mis-sajf! F'Jannar, bil-lejl, tmien gradi.
Colder than summer! In January, at night, eight degrees.
Tmien gradi? Dak sħun! F'Hamburg kultant minus għaxra!
Eight degrees? That's warm! In Hamburg it's sometimes minus ten!
Tmien gradi? Dak sħun! F'Hamburg kultant minus għaxra!
Eight degrees? That's warm! In Hamburg it's sometimes minus ten!
Tonio
Imma x-xitwa togħġobni. Fix-xitwa l-qtates joqogħdu d-dar.
But I like winter. In winter the cats stay at home.
Tonio
U int? X'inhu l-istaġun preferut tiegħek?
And you? What's your favourite season?
Is-sajf! Il-ġranet itwal, il-baħar isħan, u tista' tgħum.
Summer! The days are longer, the sea is warmer, and you can swim.
Is-sajf! Il-ġranet itwal, il-baħar isħan, u tista' tgħum.
Summer! The days are longer, the sea is warmer, and you can swim.
Tonio
Fis-sajf kulħadd imur il-baħar. Imma f'Għawdex isbaħ.
In summer everyone goes to the sea. But in Gozo it's nicer.
Isbaħ, forsi. Imma ibgħad.
Nicer, maybe. But further away.
Isbaħ, forsi. Imma ibgħad.
Nicer, maybe. But further away.
Tonio
Ibgħad, iva. Imma isbaħ.
Further, yes. But nicer.
U għall-festa? X'jgħid it-tbassir?
And for the feast? What does the forecast say?
U għall-festa? X'jgħid it-tbassir?
And for the feast? What does the forecast say?
Tonio
Filgħodu x-xemx, imbagħad ix-xita, filgħaxija r-riħ. U forsi l-borra.
Sun in the morning, then rain, wind in the evening. And maybe snow.
Il-borra? F'Malta?
Snow? In Malta?
Il-borra? F'Malta?
Snow? In Malta?
He points under his desk: four bags in a row.
Tonio
F'April qatt ma taf. Ħares: erba' boroż.
In April you never know. Look: four bags.
Tonio
Waħda għax-xemx, waħda għax-xita, waħda għar-riħ, u waħda għall-borra.
One for the sun, one for the rain, one for the wind, and one for the snow.
Tonio, għandek bżonn borża waħda biss. Imma akbar.
Tonio, what you need is just one bag. But a bigger one.
Tonio, għandek bżonn borża waħda biss. Imma akbar.
Tonio, what you need is just one bag. But a bigger one.

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