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How to Say ‘I had fun.’ in German

Es hat mir Spaß gemacht.

es hat meer shpahs geh-MAHKHT

[es hat meer shpahs geh-MAHKHT]

💬 Usage Tip: Literally "it made fun to me", so the person having fun is mir. Swap in dir to ask: Hat es dir Spaß gemacht? "Did you have fun?"

Phrase Breakdown

Es hat mir

es hat meer

It has (for) me

The start of the perfect tense with 'haben'. 'Mir' is dative: 'for me'.

Example

Es hat mir gefallen.

I liked it.

Words in this phrase

[es]

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

Example

Es ist ein schöner Tag.

It is a beautiful day.

hat

[hat]

has

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

Example

Sie hat gewonnen.

She has won.

mir

[meer]

to me

Dative pronoun used to show that something matters or happens to the speaker.

Example

Mir ist eine offene Kommunikation besonders wichtig.

Open communication is especially important to me.

Spaß gemacht.

shpahs geh-MAHKHT

been fun.

'Spaß machen' means to be fun. 'Sp' sounds like 'shp', and 'ß' is a sharp 's'.

Example

Das Spiel hat Spaß gemacht.

The game was fun.

Words in this phrase

Spaß

[shpahs]

fun

Masculine noun: der Spaß.

Example

Fußball macht Spaß.

Football is fun.

gemacht

[geh-MAHKHT]

made / done

Past participle of 'machen' (to make, to do); used with 'haben' to form the perfect tense. With 'Spaß' it means something was fun.

Example

Der Abend hat echt Spaß gemacht.

The evening was really fun.

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