Time phrases

Phrases referring to different times of the day

heute                                                              today

am Morgen                                                    in the morning (early, until 9am)

am Vormittag                                                in the morning (9-12am)

am Mittag                                                      at lunch

am Nachmittag                                             in the afternoon

am Abend                                                      in the evening

in der Nacht                                                  at night

um 7 Uhr                                                        at 7 o’clock

Phrases referring to the future

morgen                                                          tomorrow

übermorgen                                                 the day after tomorrow

am Montag                                                   on Monday

nächsten Sonntag                                      next Sunday

nächste Woche                                           next week

nächsten Monat                                         next month

nächstes Jahr                                               next year

Phrases referring to the past

gestern                                                          yesterday

vorgestern                                                    the day before yesterday

letzten Samstag                                          last Saturday

letzte Woche                                               last week

letzten Monat                                             last month      

letztes Jahr                                                   last year

Task

Learn all the time phrases and pay particular attention to the different endings of nächste and letzte.