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How to Say ‘I went bowling on Saturday.’ in German

Ich war am Samstag bowlen.

ikh vah ahm ZAMS-tahk BOH-len

[ikh vah ahm ZAMS-tahk BOH-len]

💬 Usage Tip: Ich war ... plus an activity at the end is a casual way to say where you went: Ich war schwimmen "I went swimming", Ich war einkaufen "I went shopping".

Phrase Breakdown

Ich war am Samstag

ikh vah ahm ZAMS-tahk

On Saturday I went

'am' plus a day means 'on'. 'war' plus an activity means 'went (doing)'.

Example

Ich war am Montag krank.

I was sick on Monday.

Words in this phrase

Ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

war

[vah]

was

Past tense of 'is', used to describe something that happened or existed in the past.

Example

Er war ein großer Krieger.

He was a great warrior.

[ahm]

on the

Contracted preposition and article used before days.

Example

Am Montag passt es leider nicht.

On Monday it unfortunately does not work.

Samstag

[ZAMS-tahk]

Saturday

The sixth day of the week.

Example

Am Samstag gehen wir essen.

On Saturday we're going out to eat.

bowlen.

BOH-len

bowling.

A borrowed verb, pronounced BOH-len.

Example

Wir gehen bowlen.

We're going bowling.

Words in this phrase

bowlen

[BOH-len]

to go bowling

Verb for playing bowling; used with 'sein' or 'gehen' to say you went bowling.

Example

Wir gehen heute Abend bowlen.

We're going bowling tonight.

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