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How to Say ‘Yesterday it was still so nice.’ in German

Gestern war es noch so schön.

GHEHS-tern vah es nokh zo shern

[GHEHS-tern vah es nokh zo shern]

💬 Usage Tip: When a sentence starts with a time word like gestern, the verb comes next and es moves after it: Gestern war es, not Gestern es war. Same with Heute ist es kalt.

Phrase Breakdown

Gestern war es

GHEHS-tern vah es

yesterday it was

'Gestern' means 'yesterday'. The 'w' in 'war' sounds like 'v'. Because the sentence starts with 'gestern', the verb comes second and 'es' follows it.

Example

Gestern war es sehr heiß.

Yesterday it was very hot.

Words in this phrase

Gestern

[GHEHS-tern]

yesterday

A time word used to refer to the day before today.

Example

Gestern war die Karrieremesse sehr interessant.

Yesterday the career fair was very interesting.

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.

[es]

A neutral pronoun used to refer to a thing previously mentioned.

Example

Es ist ein schöner Tag.

It is a beautiful day.

noch so schön.

nokh zo shern

still so nice.

'Noch' means 'still', and its 'ch' is a throaty sound after 'o'. 'Schön' means 'nice' or 'beautiful' when talking about weather.

Example

Das Wetter ist noch so schön.

The weather is still so nice.

Words in this phrase

noch

[nokh]

still

Indicates that the speaker is asking whether it remains available at this moment.

Example

Ist der Platz noch frei?

Is the spot still free?

[zo]

Used to refer to something just mentioned; like that.

Example

Ich fühle mich so müde.

I feel so tired.

schön

[shern]

nice / lovely

a common positive reaction meaning something sounds good or pleasant

Example

Schön, dann nehmen wir den Raum.

Nice, then we'll take the room.

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