Usage Note
es is the neuter subject/object pronoun but also a dummy subject for weather and impersonal verbs, as in es regnet ('it's raining') and es gibt ('there is/are'). It can hold first position to delay the real subject. Remember it refers to any das-noun, including das Mädchen ('the girl').
Examples
"Es regnet schon wieder."
Natural Translation
It's raining again.
Literal Translation
It rains already again.
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