Excuses is the forty-eighth skill in the German language tree. It has five lessons and provides the past tense of some common verbs while teaching how to explain where you were (or weren't)!
Grammar Notes[]
Blast from the past[]
The simple past tense (Präteritum) is commonly used in books, but for the verbs sein, haben and können(among others), it's preferred in regular conversation too. All three of them are irregular in the past tense though so you'll need to memorize them:
Pronoun | sein | haben | können |
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ich | war | hatte | konnte |
du | warst | hattest | konntest |
er/sie/es | war | hatte | konnte |
wir | waren | hatten | konnten |
ihr | wart | hattet | konntet |
Sie | waren | hatten | konnten |
sie | waren | hatten | konnten |
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- die Stimmung = atmosphere
- ich war = I was
- er/sie/es war = he/she/it was
- du hattest = you had
- ich hatte = I had
- spitze = excellent
Lesson 2[]
- bei = at (someone)'s
- in Ordnung = alright, OK
- du warst = you were
- ihr hattet = you had
- wir hatten = we had
- oder was? = or something?
- sorry = sorry
Lesson 3[]
- die Erkältung = cold (as in the sickness)
- du konntest = you could/were able to
- ich konnte= I could/was able to
- am vierten (April) = on the fourth (of April)
- am elften = on the eleventh
- am zwölften = on the twelfth
- am Montag = on Monday
- letzten Mittwoch = last Wednesday
- letzten Sonntag = last Sunday
Lesson 4[]
- die Ausrede = excuse
- wir konnten = we could/were able to
- ihr konntet = you could/were able to
- wir waren = we were
- letztes Wochenende = last weekend
- herrlich = lovely
- viel Besuch = a lot of visitors
Lesson 5[]
- das Treffen = meeting
- vorbei = over, done
- letzte Woche = last week
- Sag Bescheid = let me know
- hoffentlich = hopefully
- Glück haben = to be lucky/to have good luck
References[]
Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/de/Excuses
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