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How to Say ‘Twice a day, in the morning and in the evening.’ in German

Zweimal am Tag, morgens und abends.

TSVY-mahl ahm tahk MOR-gens oont AH-bents

[TSVY-mahl ahm tahk MOR-gens oont AH-bents]

Phrase Breakdown

Zweimal am Tag,

TSVY-mahl ahm tahk

Twice a day,

Pause briefly at the comma. 'Zweimal' starts with a 'ts' sound.

Example

Zweimal am Tag gehe ich spazieren.

I go for a walk twice a day.

Words in this phrase

Zweimal

[TSVY-mahl]

twice

Means 'two times'; from 'zwei' plus '-mal'.

Example

Ich esse zweimal am Tag.

I eat twice a day.

[ahm]

on the

Contracted preposition and article used before days.

Example

Am Montag passt es leider nicht.

On Monday it unfortunately does not work.

Tag

[tahk]

day

A noun meaning a day; used in the standard daytime greeting.

Example

Wir möchten einen Tisch für Freitag, den Tag nach Ostern.

We would like a table for Friday, the day after Easter.

morgens und abends.

MOR-gens oont AH-bents

morning and evening.

The final 'd' in 'abends' sounds like a 't': 'AH-bents'.

Example

Ich lese abends.

I read in the evenings.

Words in this phrase

morgens

[MOR-gens]

in the morning(s)

Adverb meaning every morning or in the morning.

Example

Morgens trinke ich Kaffee.

In the morning I drink coffee.

und

[oont]

and

A conjunction used to connect sentences or elements in a sentence.

Example

Und ich freue mich.

And I am happy.

abends

[AH-bents]

in the evenings

Adverb meaning every evening or in the evening.

Example

Abends lese ich gern.

In the evenings I like to read.

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