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du sprachst info.

**Tips to Remember the German Word:**
– **Association with English:** The word “sprachst” sounds a bit like “speak’st” which is an old-fashioned or poetic way in English of saying “you spoke.” So, you can think of “du sprachst” as an older or more poetic form of “you speak” in English.
– **Rhyme:** Find a word that rhymes with “sprachst,” like “Bach’s” (as in the composer Bach’s music) and create a mnemonic: “Du sprachst as smooth as Bach’s.”

**Explanations:**
“Du sprachst” is the second person singular past tense form of the verb “sprechen,” which means “to speak.” It’s part of the simple past tense (Präteritum), which is commonly used in written German and for speaking about past events in a more formal or literary context. In spoken German, the present perfect (Perfekt) is more commonly used when referring to the past.

**Other Words That Mean the Same Thing:**
– “Du hast gesprochen” is the present perfect tense and is more commonly used in spoken German.

**Conjugations:**
– **Infinitive:** sprechen
– **Present:** du sprichst (you speak)
– **Simple past (Präteritum):** du sprachst (you spoke)
– **Past participle (used for the present perfect tense):** gesprochen
– **Future (Futur I):** du wirst sprechen (you will speak)

**Examples of Sentences That Use “Du sprachst”:**
– “Gestern du sprachst mit Maria über das Projekt.” (Yesterday you spoke with Maria about the project.)
– “Als Kind du sprachst drei Sprachen fließend.” (As a child, you spoke three languages fluently.)
– “Erinnerst du dich, dass du sprachst, ohne nachzudenken?” (Do you remember that you spoke without thinking?)

Please note that in the examples, it is more stylistically common in German not to split the subject “du” and the verb “sprachst.” So normally you would say “Du sprachst gestern mit Maria” or “Du sprachst als Kind drei Sprachen.”

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