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Talking about the past (yesterday, earlier, last week)
A beginner‑friendly approach to past tense: start with one safe past pattern and reuse it.
The strategy
Don’t try to master every tense. Start with one common past pattern from real sentences.
- Use time words (yesterday/last week) to make meaning clear.
- Copy a native past pattern and reuse it with different verbs.
Heute gehe ich nach Hause.
Today I go home.
Ich stehe um 7 Uhr auf.
I get up at 7 o'clock.
Ich kann Deutsch sprechen.
I can speak German.
Ich bin hier.
I am here.
Ich möchte Wasser.
I would like water.
Ich verstehe nicht.
I don't understand.
Sprechen Sie Englisch?
Do you speak English? (formal)
Wo ist die Toilette?
Where is the toilet?
Drills
Build a past sentence
Today I go home.
Your sentence
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Tokens
Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “Today I go home.”?