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How to Say ‘On Sunday I cooked.’ in German

Am Sonntag habe ich gekocht.

ahm ZON-tahk HAH-beh ikh geh-KOKHT

[ahm ZON-tahk HAH-beh ikh geh-KOKHT]

💬 Usage Tip: Starting with Am Sonntag puts habe second and ich after it, while gekocht goes to the end. Swap the day or the activity: Am Freitag habe ich gelesen "On Friday I read".

Phrase Breakdown

Am Sonntag

ahm ZON-tahk

On Sunday

Use 'am' with days of the week. 'Sonntag' sounds like 'ZON-tahk'.

Example

Am Sonntag schlafe ich lange.

On Sunday I sleep in.

Words in this phrase

[ahm]

on the

Contracted preposition and article used before days.

Example

Am Montag passt es leider nicht.

On Monday it unfortunately does not work.

Sonntag

[ZON-tahk]

Sunday

The seventh day of the week in Germany; most shops are closed.

Example

Am Sonntag schlafe ich lange.

On Sunday I sleep in.

habe ich gekocht.

HAH-beh ikh geh-KOKHT

I cooked.

This is the perfect tense of 'kochen'. The verb comes second, so 'habe' goes before 'ich'.

Example

Gestern habe ich gekocht.

Yesterday I cooked.

Words in this phrase

habe

[HAH-beh]

have

Form of 'haben' used with 'ich'.

Example

Ich habe einen Plan.

I have a plan.

ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

gekocht

[geh-KOKHT]

cooked

Past participle of 'kochen' (to cook), used with 'haben'.

Example

Er hat Nudeln gekocht.

He cooked pasta.

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