A2Grammar
Ich hätte gern gewusst, warum er das getan hat.
I would have liked to know why he did that.
In German
Ich hätte gern gewusst, warum er das getan hat.
Ish het-tuh gern ge-voost, vah-rum er das guh-tahn hat.
🇬🇧 English
I would have liked to know why he did that.
🇪🇸 Español
Me hubiera gustado saber por qué hizo eso.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Avrei voluto sapere perché l'ha fatto.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Ich | I | Pronoun |
| hätte | would have | Auxiliary verb (Konjunktiv II of haben) |
| gern | gladly / liked | Adverb |
| gewusst | known | Participle II of wissen |
| , | Punctuation | |
| warum | why | Adverb |
| er | he | Pronoun |
| das | that | Pronoun |
| getan | done | Participle II of tun |
| hat | has | Auxiliary verb |
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Grammar Point
Konjunktiv II (Past) for unfulfilled past wishes/curiosity
Variations
Ich wünschte, ich hätte gewusst, warum er das getan hat.
I wish I had known why he did that.
Es wäre gut gewesen, wenn ich gewusst hätte, warum er das getan hat.
It would have been good if I had known why he did that.
Related
If you asked me, I would say yes.
Wenn du mich fragtest, würde ich ja sagen.
Ven doo mikh frahg-test, vuer-duh ish yah zah-gen.
I would like a coffee.
Ich hätte gerne einen Kaffee.
ish het-te ger-ne ey-nen ka-fey
I would rather stay at home.
Ich würde lieber zu Hause bleiben.
Ish vuer-duh lee-ber tsoo how-zuh blai-ben.