How to Say ‘What did you cook?’ in German
Was hast du gekocht?
vas hahst doo geh-KOKHT
[vas hahst doo geh-KOKHT]
Phrase Breakdown
Was hast du
vas hahst doo
What did you
This starts a question in the perfect tense.
Was hast du gemacht?
What did you do?
Words in this phrase
Was
[vas]
what
Question word asking about a thing.
Was machst du?
What are you doing?
hast
[hahst]
have
The verb 'haben' in second person singular form.
Hast du Hunger?
Are you hungry?
du
[doo]
the informal 'you' (du form)
As a noun, 'das Du' means the informal way of addressing someone.
Wir sind jetzt per Du.
We now use first names / informal 'you'.
gekocht?
geh-KOKHT
cook?
The past participle of 'kochen' (to cook). The 'ch' is a soft throat sound.
Wir haben Suppe gekocht.
We cooked soup.
Words in this phrase
gekocht
[geh-KOKHT]
cooked
Past participle of 'kochen' (to cook), used with 'haben'.
Wir haben zusammen gekocht.
We cooked together.
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