I find this dialogue in a course book:
Person A: Ich glaube, es kommt ein Sturm. (I think that storm might
come)
Person B: Ach, das glaube ich nicht. Es bleibt schön.
(Oh, I don’t think so, it remains fine)
It is only a picture, has nothing to do with the theme of the chapter, therefore there is no further explanation. In that picture 2 people have a conversation like above mentioned.
The sentence “Es kommt ein Sturm” is interesting. It is not clear, what the subject is: es or ein Sturm. Both are possible. But some questions will arise after that.
If “es” is the subject, then “ein Sturm” should be in Akkusativ,
shouldn’t it? The sentence should be like this: Es kommt einen Sturm. The noun
“Sturm” is masculine.
If “ein Sturm” is the subject, why is “es” still there? People can of
course immediately build the sentence “Ein Sturm kommt” , can’t they?
There is pronoun “es”, which is special for wheater. But as far as I
know this pronoun “es” is always in Nominativ: es schneit, es regnet, es ist
kalt, es ist bewölkt, es ist sonnig, es ist heiss, es ist windig.
I conclude that the subject is “ein Sturm”. Then I asked my friends in
Germany (I just consider them as friends), why the sentence is built so “Es
kommt ein Sturm”, not “Ein Sturm kommt” ?
My friends in Germany comment:
Marita in Hanstedt
Oh, oh, you asked things, about which I never worried.Both are possible ! We Germans say it so or so, just like we are thinking.Least number of us has studied German. :) :)Unfortunately I really cannot help you. Both are just possible.






