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HABEN - Simple Past Tense • Imperfekt
to have |
| Similar to English “had,” the basic form of the German simple past tense is hatte. |
| DEUTSCH |
ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR FORMS |
| ich hatte |
I had |
| du hattest |
you had |
er
sie hatte
es |
he
she had
it |
| PLURAL FORMS |
| wir hatten |
we had |
| ihr hattet |
you (guys) had |
| sie hatten |
they had |
| Sie hatten |
you had |
Examples:
Ich hatte nur fünf Euro. - I only had five euros.
Meine Frau hatte das Buch. - My wife had the book.
Hatten Sie das Geld? - Did you have the money?
Ihr hattet keine Zeit! - You guys didn't have any time! |
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HABEN (Compound Past Tenses) Present Perfect • Perfekt
to have |
| DEUTSCH |
ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR FORMS |
| ich habe gehabt |
I had / have had |
| du hast gehabt |
you had / have had |
er
sie hat gehabt
es |
he
she had / has had
it |
| PLURAL FORMS |
| wir haben gehabt |
we had / have had |
| ihr habt gehabt |
you (guys) had / have had |
| sie haben gehabt |
they had / have had |
| Sie haben gehabt |
you had / have had |
Examples:
Ich habe kein Geld gehabt. - I had no money.
Er hat ein großes Haus gehabt. - He had a big house.
Wir haben keine Zeit gehabt. - We had no time. |
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HABEN (Compound Past Tenses) Past Perfect • Plusquamperfekt
to have |
| DEUTSCH |
ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR FORMS |
| ich hatte gehabt |
I had had |
| du hattest gehabt |
you had had |
er
sie hatte gehabt
es |
he
she had had
it |
| PLURAL FORMS |
| wir hatten gehabt |
we had had |
| ihr hattet gehabt |
you (guys) had had |
| sie hatten gehabt |
they had had |
| Sie hatten gehabt |
you had had |
Examples:
Ich hatte kein Geld gehabt. - I had had no money.
Er hatte ein großes Haus gehabt. - He had had a big house.
Wir hatten viel Zeit gehabt. - We had had a lot of time. |
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