We can use two forms of the past, one in the simple form and the other in the continuous. The German language does not have a continuous form and therefore the difference between the simple and continuous is sometimes difficult to learn. However, if you understand the present continuous (I am working at the moment) then all you have to do is move it into a past time to emphasize an action in the past with duration (I was working at 11am yesterday).
Es gibt zwei Formen der Vergangenheit: Simple (einfache Form) und Continuous (Verlaufsform). Die deutsche Sprache hat keine Verlaufsform und daher kann der Unterschied zwischen dem Simple und dem Continuous manchmal schwer zu lernen sein. Wenn man allerdings die Verlaufsform des Präsens verstanden hat (I am working at the moment. – „Ich arbeite gerade“), dann braucht man es nur in die Vergangeheit zu verschieben um eine andauernde Handlung in der Vergangeheit zu beschreiben (I was working at 11am yesterday. – „Ich arbeitete gestern um 11 Uhr.“)
Past simple (die einfache Vergangenheit)
The past simple is used to describe fully completed events in the past. We often use a time indicator (e.g. yesterday, last year, in 2003 etc) but we don’t always have to mention it – important is that the context must be about this past time.
Das Past Simple wird gebraucht um vollkommen abgeschlossene Ereignisse in der Vergangenheit zu beschreiben. Oft wird eine Zeitbestimmung gebraucht (z.B. yesterday, last year, in 2003 usw.), diese wird aber nicht immer erwähnt – wichtig ist, dass aus dem Zusammenhang hervorgeht, dass es sich um die Vergangenheit handelt..
I went to Frankfurt last week.
She drove to Bremen yesterday.
I moved to London in 2003.
Past Continuous (die Verlaufsform der Vergangenheit)
The past continuous is used to describe actions of duration in the past. We generally use it to:
Das Past Continuous wird gebraucht um andauernde Handlungen in der Vergangenheit zu beschreiben. Generell wird es gebraucht, um:
1. to describe an action of duration in the past which was in course at a specific time:
I was working at 11am yesterday.
eine andauernde Handlung in der Vergangenheit zu beschreiben, die zu einer bestimmten Zeit im Verlauf war:
I was working at 11am yesterday. (“Ich arbeitete gestern um 11 Uhr ”)
2. to describe an event of duration in the past (past continuous) interrupted by another event (past simple):
He was writing an email when the phone rang.
ein andauerndes Ereignis in der Vergangenheit (Past Continuous) zu beschreiben, das durch ein anderes Ereignis (Past Simple) unterbrochen wurde: He was writing an email when the phone rang. (“Er schrieb (gerade) eine Email als das Telefon klingelte”.)
3. to describe two parallel events of duration in the past:
We were speaking to a customer while John was giving a presentation.
zwei in der Vergangeheit gleichzeitig andauernde Ereignisse zu beschreiben:
We were speaking to a customer while John was giving a presentation. (“Wir sprachen mit einem Kunden als John eine Präsentation gab.”
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Complete the sentence (Ergänzen Sie den Satz)
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I (gucken) a film when he phoned
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He (seine Hausaufgaben machen) when I arrived
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We (Frühstück essen) when the post arrived
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What (du – machen) when the post arrived ?
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I was driving to work when I (sehen) you
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They were having lunch when you (verlassen) the office
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I was reading a book when they (klingeln) my door bell
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I (meine Hausaufgaben nicht machen) when they rang my door bell
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Übersetzen: Während wir Monopoly spielten, kam John nach Hause
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