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How to translate Perfekt into English
I came across these sentences with their translations:
Du bist aus Berlin gekommen. - You have come from Berlin.
Wo seid ihr so lange gewesen? - Where were you so long?
From what I have ...
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How to use perfect in this sentence
I have a problem understanding how to use perfect in the following sentence:
Ich bin mit dem Bus in das Stadtzentrum gefahren.
I know we are supposed to use the auxiliary verb haben in perfect ...
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Warum Infinitiv anstatt Partizip-Perfekt? (“Ich habe dich gar nicht kommen gehört” vs “Ich habe dich gar nicht kommen hören”) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why no perfect participle? “Sie hat sich scheiden lassen”
Die folgende Frage kommt von dem Einstufungstest des Goethe Instituts. Die richtige Antwort ist a) ...
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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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Wann beschreibt Perfekt die Zukunft?
Normalerweise beschreibt das Perfekt die Vergangenheit. Ich habe aber diese Konstruktion gelernt:
Nachdem ich gegessen habe, schlafe ich.
So sagt man vor dem Essen. Gibt es andere ...
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How to save an “ich habe …” motion perfect?
I know when to use sein and when to use haben for the present perfect. My muscle memory doesn't always agree with me on that point, though, which results in my starting a lot of sentences with ich ...
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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.
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