A2Grammar
Er durfte nicht ins Haus.
He was not allowed into the house.
In German
Er durfte nicht ins Haus.
Ayr doorf-tuh nisht ins howss.
🇬🇧 English
He was not allowed into the house.
🇪🇸 Español
No se le permitió entrar en casa.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Non gli era permesso entrare in casa.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Er | He | Pronoun |
| durfte | was allowed | Simple past of 'dürfen' |
| nicht | not | Negation |
| ins | into the | Preposition + Article |
| Haus | house | Noun |
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Grammar Point
Präteritum von 'dürfen' (Modalverb)
Variations
Ins Haus durfte er nicht.
Into the house he was not allowed.
Es war ihm nicht erlaubt, ins Haus zu gehen.
It was not allowed for him to go into the house.