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Usage of Perfekt and Präteritum in the spoken language
I have read the question When to use Perfekt and Präteritum? but it doesn't answer my question.
I am looking for a rule for beginner / intermediate level learners which tells when to use Perfekt or ...
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What's this structure called?
I don't understand the structure used in this exercise:
What's it called?
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Tense and Aspect
Most linguists recognize two tenses in English, present and past, although other verb forms are often mistakenly described as tenses. I walk is present tense and I walked is past tense. A form such as ...
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When to use Perfekt and Präteritum?
What's the guideline as to when to use Perfekt and Präteritum?
I was always taught that the simplest rule is Präteritum (mostly) for written forms, and Perfekt is most common in spoken language.
But ...
