A2Grammar
Wir durften den Hund streicheln.
We were allowed to pet the dog.
In German
Wir durften den Hund streicheln.
Veer doorf-ten dehn hoont shtrye-kheln.
🇬🇧 English
We were allowed to pet the dog.
🇪🇸 Español
Se nos permitió acariciar al perro.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Ci è stato permesso di accarezzare il cane.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Wir | We | Pronoun |
| durften | were allowed | Simple past of 'dürfen' |
| den | the | Definite article (accusative) |
| Hund | dog | Noun |
| streicheln | pet | Infinitive verb |
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Grammar Point
Präteritum von 'dürfen' (Modalverb)
Variations
Den Hund durften wir streicheln.
The dog we were allowed to pet.
Uns war es erlaubt, den Hund zu streicheln.
It was allowed for us to pet the dog.
Related
I didn't understand him.
Ich habe ihn nicht verstanden.
Ish hah-buh een nisht fer-shtahn-den.
We visited our grandparents.
Wir besuchten unsere Großeltern.
Veer beh-zookh-ten oon-zeh-ruh grohs-el-tern.
I was tired after work.
Ich bin nach der Arbeit müde gewesen.
Ish bin nahkh der ar-byt myoo-duh geh-vay-zen.