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How do you say this in German? When I was climbing the stairs, I feel down (what tenses should be used for one short/completed action happened.during another process in the past)
How do you say this in German? When I was climbing the stairs, I feel down (what tenses should be used for one short/completed action happened.during another process in the past)
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Ich fiel hin, als ich die Stiege hinauf ging.
Ic bin hingefallen, als ich die Stiege hinauf ging.
Tenses are not so important in german i assume... both sounds correct in my opinion.
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Als ich die Treppe hochstieg, fiel ich hin. (Oder: Als ich die Treppe hochgestiegen bin, bin ich hingefallen. Which sounds way more casual.)
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@Lille_by hochsteigen, das war das Wort welches mir entfallen war. haha Lille's suggestion is definitely better than mine!
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