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German Verbs: bekommen

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in the PRESENT and PAST TENSES

German Verbs > bekommen (present) > bekommen (past tenses)

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BEKOMMEN - Simple Past Tense • Imperfekt
Principal parts: - bekommen, bekam, bekommen
DEUTSCH ENGLISH
  SINGULAR FORMS
  ich bekam   I got/was getting
  du bekamst   you got/were getting
  er
  sie bekam
  es
  he
  she got/was getting
  it
  PLURAL FORMS
  wir bekamen   we got/were getting
  ihr bekamt   you (guys) got/were getting
  sie bekamen   they got/were getting
  Sie bekamen   you got/were getting
Examples:
Gestern bekam ich ein Buch von ihm.
Yesterday I got a book from him.
Er bekam 20 Jahre Haft.
He got 20 years in prison.
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BEKOMMEN (Compound Past Tenses) Present Perfect • Perfekt
DEUTSCH ENGLISH
  SINGULAR FORMS
  ich habe bekommen   I got/have gotten
  du hast bekommen   you got/have gotten
  er
  sie hat bekommen
  es
  he
  she got/has gotten
  it
  PLURAL FORMS
  wir haben bekommen   we got/have gotten
  ihr habt bekommen   you (guys) got/have gotten
  sie haben bekommen   they got/have gotten
  Sie haben bekommen   you got/have gotten
Examples:
Ich habe viel Geld bekommen.
I got/received a lot of money.
Haben Sie etwas bekommen?
Did you get something?
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BEKOMMEN (Compound Past Tenses) Past Perfect • Plusquamperfekt
DEUTSCH ENGLISH
  SINGULAR FORMS
  ich hatte bekommen   I had gotten
  du hattest bekommen   you had gotten
  er
  sie hatte bekommen
  es
  he
  she had gotten
  it
  PLURAL FORMS
  wir hatten bekommen   we had gotten
  ihr hattet bekommen   you (guys) had gotten
  sie hatten bekommen   they had gotten
  Sie hatten bekommen   you had gotten
Examples:
Ich hatte ein Buch bekommen.
I had received a book.
Wir hatten überhaupt kein Geld bekommen.
We had received no money at all.
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