German Phrase
Sie sagen, es wird sonnig.
Meaning
Literally: "They/You say that it will be sunny." The sentence reports someone else's statement about upcoming weather. It uses indirect speech and the future tense.
When to use
Use this phrase when you want to repeat what someone else (or the weather forecast) has said about the weather later in the day. It works in both casual conversation and more formal reports.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Siesagen,eswirdsonnig.
Sie (pronoun)
"Sie" can mean the formal 'you' (singular or plural) or the third‑person plural 'they'. Context decides which meaning applies.
sagen (verb)
The present‑tense form of "sagen" (to say). In indirect speech it introduces the reported clause.
es (dummy subject)
In weather statements German uses the impersonal "es" as the grammatical subject.
wird (future auxiliary)
"werden" is used as a future auxiliary; "wird" + adjective (or infinitive) expresses a future state.
sonnig (predicative adjective)
When used after "werden", the adjective stays in its base form (no ending) and describes the upcoming weather.
Comma before subordinate clause
German requires a comma before the reported clause introduced by "sagen".
🗨In Conversation
Sie sagen, es wird sonnig.
They say it will be sunny.
Dann sollten wir das Picknick nach draußen verlegen.
Then we should move the picnic outdoors.
✕Common Mistakes
Sie sagen, es ist sonnig.
Using "ist" (present) changes the meaning to a current condition, not a future prediction.
Sie sagen es wird sonnig.
In this sentence the comma already signals the subordinate clause; adding "dass" is optional but learners often forget the required comma before it.
Sie sagen, es wird sonnige.
The adjective stays in its base form after "wird"; adding an ending is grammatically incorrect.
↔Alternatives
Man sagt, es wird sonnig.
People say it will be sunny.
Laut dem Wetterbericht wird es sonnig.
According to the weather report, it will be sunny.
Es soll sonnig werden.
It is supposed to become sunny.
Cultural Tip
German often prefers indirect speech with a comma and the conjunction "dass" (e.g., "Sie sagen, dass es sonnig wird"). In spoken language the "dass" is frequently omitted, as shown here. Also, weather statements typically use the impersonal "es" regardless of who is speaking.