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How to Say ‘Anna has told me a lot about you.’ in German

Anna hat viel von dir erzählt.

AH-nah hat feel fon deer air-TSAYLT

[AH-nah hat feel fon deer air-TSAYLT]

💬 Usage Tip: In past sentences like this, the main verb erzählt goes to the very end. Same pattern: Anna hat viel gelacht "Anna laughed a lot".

Phrase Breakdown

Anna hat

AH-nah hat

Anna has

'hat' is the helper verb for the perfect tense.

Example

Anna hat Zeit.

Anna has time.

Words in this phrase

Anna

[AH-nah]

Anna

A common female first name.

Example

Anna arbeitet in Berlin.

Anna works in Berlin.

hat

[hat]

has

Form of 'haben', used to build the past tense.

Example

Sie hat gewonnen.

She has won.

viel von dir erzählt.

feel fon deer air-TSAYLT

told a lot about you.

The participle 'erzählt' goes at the end. Stress -ZÄHLT.

Example

Er hat viel erzählt.

He told a lot.

Words in this phrase

viel

[feel]

a lot

Means often, much, or to a great extent depending on context.

Example

Die Kollegen helfen einander viel.

The colleagues help each other a lot.

von

[fon]

about

Preposition used with 'erzählen' to mean 'about'.

Example

Er erzählt von seiner Arbeit.

He talks about his work.

dir

[deer]

you (dative, informal)

Dative form of 'du', used after prepositions like 'von' and 'mit'.

Example

Ich komme mit dir.

I'm coming with you.

erzählt

[air-TSAYLT]

told

Past participle of 'erzählen' (to tell), used with 'haben' to talk about the past.

Example

Er hat mir eine Geschichte erzählt.

He told me a story.

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