Unit 48 Guidebook: make excuses
KEY PHRASES
Make excuses
Das
Konzert
war
sehr
schön
,
wo
warst
du
?
The concert was very beautiful, where were you?
Sorry
,
ich
war
gestern
zu
müde
.
Sorry, I was too tired yesterday.
Die
Party
war
toll
,
wo
warst
du
?
The party was great, where were you?
Ich
war
gestern
krank
.
I was sick yesterday.
Hast
du
wieder
eine
Ausrede
?
Do you have an excuse again?
Ich
hatte
gestern
eine
Erkältung
.
I had a cold yesterday.
TIP
Hats off to you!
Hatten is the past version of haben! Let’s take a look at its forms:
singular
plural
ich hatte
wir hatten
du hattest
ihr hattet
er / sie / es hatte
sie / Sie hatten
Hattest du Spaß?
Did you have fun?
Opa und ich hatten gestern Spaß.
Grandpa and I had fun yesterday.