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er/sie/es hat gesagt

he/she/it has said

sie haben gesagt

they have said

er/sie/es ist gereist

he/she/it has traveled

sie sind gereist

they have traveled

er/sie/es hat geschrieben

he/she/it has written

sie haben geschrieben

they have written

er/sie/es is gekommen

he/she/it has come

sie sind gekommen

they have come

er/sie/es hatte gesagt

he/she/it had said

sie hatten gesagt

they had said

er/sie/es war gereist

he/she/it had travelled

sie waren gereist

they had traveled

er/sie/es hatte geschrieben

he/she/it had written

sie hatten geschrieben

they had written

er/sie/es war gekommen

he/she/it had come

sie waren gekommen

they had come

Er hat seine E-Mail gelesen und dann schnell eine Antowrt geschrieben

He read his e-mail and then quickly wrote a response.

Er hat gerade eine zweite E-Mail geschrieben

He has just written a second e-mail.

Der erste Bote ist gekommen und gegangen

The second messenger has already come and gone, too.

When to use haben or sein as an auxiliary verb

Transitive verbs always use haben




Intransitive verbs, particularly when they indicate motion or state of being, usually use sein.




Most German verbs use haben

Bevor er die Antwort geschrieben hat, hatte er seine E-Mail gelesen.

Before he wrote the answer, he had read his e-mail.

Der erste Bote war schon gegangen, bevor der zweite kam.

The first messenger had already gone, before the second one came.

(schon) seit + amount of time

(already) for + amount of time

(schon) seit + specific time

(already) since + specific time

Seit wann lernen Sie Deutsch?

How long have you been learning German?

Ich spreche schon seit drei Jahren Deutsch.

I have been speaking German for three years already.

Wir wohnen (schon) seit Marz 2011 in Berlin.

We've been living in Berlin since March 2011

gesagt

past part. of sagen (to say)

gearbeitet

past part. of arbeiten (to work)

fotografiert

past part. of fotografieren (to photograph)

bezahlt

past part. of bezahlen (to pay)

ausgedruckt

past part. of aus/drucken (to express)

aufgehort

past part. of auf/horen (to stop)

(hat) gesungen

past part. of singen (to sing)

(ist) gefahren

past part. of fahren (to drive)

(hat) genommen

past part. of nehmen (to take)

(hat) bestanden

past part. of bestehen (to consist)

(ist) zerfallen

past part. of zerfallen (to decay)

(hat) vergessen

past part. of vergessen (to forget)

(hat) angefangen

past part. of an/fangen (to start)

(ist) vorgefahren

past part. of vor/fahren (to drive/move up)

(hat) beigetragen

past part. of bei/tragen (to contribute/help)

Wer ist heute Bundesprasident? Wer war 2010 Bundesprasident? Wer war fruher Bundesprasident gewesen?

Who is the federal president today? Who was the federal president in 2010? Who had been federal president previously?

fallen (fiel, ist gefallen; fallt)

to fall

schaffen (schuf, geschaffen)

to create

Viele deutsche Revolutionare sind 1848 und 1849 nach Amerika gekommen

Many German revolutionaries came to America in 1848 and 1849.