Key Phrases
Wie war dein Tag heute?
How was your day today?
Was hast du am Nachmittag gemacht?
What did you do in the afternoon?
Jetzt trinken wir zusammen einen Tee.
Now we are drinking tea together.
Skills You'll Learn
Talking about your day using past tense
Über den eigenen Tag im Perfekt sprechen
Describing activities at different times of day
Aktivitäten zu verschiedenen Tageszeiten beschreiben
Responding politely in a simple conversation
Höflich in einem einfachen Gespräch reagieren
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are having a calm, friendly conversation in German about your day, talking about work, shopping, cooking, being at home, and ending the evening by relaxing together with a cup of tea.
Hallo! Wie war dein Tag heute?
Hello! How was your day today?
Hallo! Mein Tag war gut und ruhig.
Hello! My day was good and peaceful.
Was hast du heute gemacht?
What did you do today?
Ich war am Morgen arbeiten.
I was working in the morning.
Und was hast du am Nachmittag gemacht?
And what did you do in the afternoon?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Hallo!
HAH-loh
Hello!
Wie war dein Tag?
vee vahr dine tahk
How was your day?
Heute
HOY-tuh
Today
Wie war dein Tag heute?
vee vahr dine tahk HOY-tuh
How was your day today?
Mein Tag war gut.
mine tahk vahr goot
My day was good.
Mein Tag war ruhig.
mine tahk vahr ROO-ikh
My day was calm.
Mein Tag war gut und ruhig.
mine tahk vahr goot oont ROO-ikh
My day was good and calm.
Was hast du gemacht?
vahs hahst doo guh-MAHKHT
What did you do?
💬 In questions with [was], the verb comes early: [Was hast du gemacht?] The same pattern works with other question words too, like [Wo wohnst du?] or [Wann kommst du?].
See breakdown →Was hast du heute gemacht?
vahs hahst doo HOY-tuh guh-MAHKHT
What did you do today?
💬 In questions with [was], the verb comes right after the question word: [Was hast du heute gemacht?] Time words like [heute] often come later in the sentence.
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