Past Perfect Tense

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Past Perfect Tense. Formation. You use the past tense form of haben or sein Add the past participle of the verb at the end of the sentence. For separable prefix verbs add “Ge” in-between the prefix and verb For verbs with “Be” don’t add a “Ge”. Haben past tense. Ich-hatte Du-hattest - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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FormationYou use the past tense form of haben or sein Add the past participle of the verb at the end

of the sentence.For separable prefix verbs add “Ge” in-

between the prefix and verbFor verbs with “Be” don’t add a “Ge”

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Haben past tense Ich-hatteDu-hattestEr,es,sie-hatteWir-hattenIhr-hattetSie,sie-hatten

The past tense of haben is used for verbs not describing movement from point A to point B.

It is used for transitive verbs. (verbs that can take a direct object)

Ex. Ich hatte einen Film gesehen.

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Sein Past TenseIch-warDu-warstEr,es,sie-warWir-warenIhr-wartSie, sie- waren

The past tense of sein is used when the verb describes a movement from point A to point B.

It is used with intransitive verbs. (Verbs that do not take a direct object.)

Ex. Ich war zu dem Film gegangen.

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Separable prefixesFor verbs with prefixes like ab, auf, aus, an,

vor, ein add “Ge” in between the prefix and the verb.

Ex. Wir hatten viele Freunde eingeladen.

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Inseparable PrefixesFor inseparable prefixes verbs do not add

“Ge”.

Ex. Ich hatte einen Brief bekommen.