Tenses And Word Order

Question 1

Haben

Answer 1

Ich habe
Du hast
Er/sie/es hat
Wir haben
Ihr habt
Sie haben
sie haben

Question 2

Sein

Answer 2

Ich bin
Du bist
Er/sie/es ist
Wir sind
Ihr seid
Sie sind
sie sind

Question 3

The perfect tense

Answer 3

Past tense

Question 4

What is the perfect tense?

Answer 4

The perfect tense is used to describe events in the past. The perfect tense of regular verbs is formed using the present tense of “haben” and a past participle which comes at the end of the phrase. E.g; GEmachT

Question 5

Verbs with irregular past participles in the perfect tense

Answer 5

Some verbs have irregular past participles and you have to learn these:
Essen- gegessen (eat,ate), trinken-getrunken (drink, drank), schlafen-geschlafen (sleep, be asleep), treffen-getroffen(meet,met), trinken-getrunken(drink,drank), lesen,gelesen(read-read), sehen-gesehen(watch,watched/See,saw)

Question 6

Perfect tense with “sein”

Answer 6

Some verbs from the perfect tense with “sein” instead of “haben”. You have to learn which ones these are,but they are often to do with movement.
“sein” + gefahren(went/travelled), geblieben(stayed), gegangen(went (on foot)), geschwommen(swam), geflogen(flew), gelaufen(walked, ran)