Usage examples of "past tense" in English with translation to German

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There is no future without the past. Ohne Vergangenheit gibt es keine Zukunft

I am always tense before I get on an airplane. Ich bin immer angespannt, bevor ich ein Flugzeug besteige.

I don't care about your past. Deine Vergangenheit interessiert mich nicht.

When indicating 'tense' in Chinese, as shown above, there are 'particles', 'time-specifying words' and also many cases where it depends on context. Um, wie oben dargestellt, 'Tempus' im Chinesischen anzugeben, gibt es 'Partikeln', 'zeitanzeigende Wörter' und auch viele Fälle, wo es vom Kontext abhängt.

Our policy is to build for the future, not the past. Unser Grundsatz ist, die Zukunft zu gestalten, nicht die Vergangenheit.

The government's financial situation is tense. Die finanzielle Situation der Regierung ist angespannt.

He has a checkered past. Er hat eine bewegte Vergangenheit.

It's very interesting that in Chinese the concept of tense does not exist. Es ist sehr interessant, dass im Chinesischen die grammatikalische Zeit nicht existiert.

There has been no rain here for the past two weeks. Es gab hier in den letzten zwei Wochen keinen Regen.

What Jane said made the atmosphere less tense. Was Jane sagte, entspannte die Atmosphäre.

The days after that flew past. Die Tage danach vergingen wie im Flug.

Tom's meeting with his boss was very tense. Toms Besprechung mit seinem Chef war sehr zermürbend.

One cannot erase the past. Man kann die Vergangenheit nicht auslöschen.

Tom wants to know more about Mary's past. Tom will mehr über Marys Vergangenheit erfahren.

Tom rushed past me. Tom eilte an mir vorbei.

I don't know anything about his past. Ich weiß nichts über seine Vergangenheit.

I finally have time to reply to the mail that I have received these past three weeks. Endlich habe ich Zeit, die Post zu beantworten, die ich in den letzten drei Wochen erhalten habe.

I think we agree, the past is over. Ich denke, wir sind uns einig darüber, dass die Vergangenheit vorbei ist.

School begins at half past eight in the morning. Die Schule fängt um halb neun morgens an.

It's forty-five minutes past one Es ist fünfundvierzig Minuten nach eins.

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