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Gestern war es kalt.

It was cold yesterday.

In German

Gestern war es kalt.

ges-tern var es kalt
🇬🇧 English
It was cold yesterday.
🇪🇸 Español
Ayer hizo frío.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Ieri faceva freddo.

Sentence Breakdown

WordTranslationRole
GesternYesterdayAdverb of time
warwasVerb 'sein', 3rd person singular preterite
esitImpersonal pronoun
kaltcoldAdjective
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Grammar Point

Simple past tense of 'sein'

Variations

Die Temperaturen waren gestern niedrig.
The temperatures were low yesterday.
Es war ein kalter Tag gestern.
It was a cold day yesterday.

Related

The sky is overcast, but it's not raining.
Der Himmel ist bedeckt, aber es regnet nicht.
der him-mel ist be-dekt ah-ber es reeg-net niçt
It's slippery on the roads.
Es ist glatt auf den Straßen.
es ist glat auf den shtrah-sen
The weather is terrible.
Das Wetter ist schrecklich.
das vet-ter ist shrek-liç

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