A2Grammar
Er hatte keine Lust zu kochen.
He didn't feel like cooking.
In German
Er hatte keine Lust zu kochen.
Ayr hat-tuh kye-nuh loost tsoo kokh-en.
🇬🇧 English
He didn't feel like cooking.
🇪🇸 Español
No tenía ganas de cocinar.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Non aveva voglia di cucinare.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Er | He | Pronoun |
| hatte | had | Simple past of 'haben' |
| keine | no | Negative article |
| Lust | desire/mood | Noun |
| zu | to | Infinitive particle |
| kochen | cook | Infinitive verb |
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Grammar Point
Präteritum von 'haben' (idiomatisch)
Variations
Zu kochen hatte er keine Lust.
To cook he had no desire.
Er wollte nicht kochen.
He didn't want to cook (Präteritum Modal).