How to Say ‘I worked in the morning.’ in German
Ich war am Morgen arbeiten.
ikh vahr ahm MOR-gen AR-by-ten
[ikh vahr ahm MOR-gen AR-by-ten]
💬 Usage Tip: Natural spoken order. You could also hear: 'Am Morgen war ich arbeiten.' Both work.
🇩🇪 In Germany: This kind of timeline talk is common and practical—Germans often tell the day in sequence.
Phrase Breakdown
Ich
[ikh]
I
First-person singular pronoun.
Ich war am Morgen arbeiten.
I was working in the morning.
war
[vahr]
was
Past tense of 'sein' meaning 'was'.
Ich war früh wach.
I was awake early.
am
[ahm]
in the
Short form of 'an dem', used here with times of day.
Am Morgen bin ich aktiv.
In the morning I am active.
Morgen
[MOR-gen]
morning
The part of the day before noon.
Der Morgen beginnt früh.
The morning starts early.
arbeiten
[AR-by-ten]
working
Infinitive used with 'war' in this expression meaning someone was at work or working.
Ich war den ganzen Tag arbeiten.
I was working all day.
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