A2 · ElementaryUnit 7: My Life

📖German Telling Stories

Yesterday, last week, then, after, before

20 words · 🇩🇪 German📝 Grammar: past tense connectors

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Vocabulary — 20 words

die Kindheitf

childhood

noun
als Kind

as a child

phrase
früher

in the past / formerly

adv
die Erinnerungf

memory / recollection

noun
aufwachsen

to grow up

verb
damals

back then / at that time

adv
der Spielplatzm

playground

noun
sich erinnern

to remember

verb
war

was (past tense of sein)

verb
hatte

had (past tense of haben)

verb
das Spielzeugn

toy

noun
die Jugendf

youth / adolescence

noun
der Schulhofm

schoolyard / playground

noun
klettern

to climb

verb
verstecken

to hide

verb
das Dorfn

village

noun
das Landn

countryside / country

noun
der Nachbarm

neighbor

noun
Rad fahren

to ride a bike

phrase
die Großelternn

grandparents

noun
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