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German A2 · Präteritum of Modal Verbs

Präteritum von 'sein' und 'haben' – A2 German Grammar

Präteritum of "sein" and "haben"

The Präteritum is the past tense used in writing and storytelling. With "sein" and "haben" it is also common in speech – people prefer "ich war" over "ich bin gewesen".

Pronounseinhaben
ichwarhatte
duwarsthattest
er/sie/eswarhatte
wirwarenhatten
ihrwarthattet
sie/Siewarenhatten

Example: Ich war müde. Ich hatte keine Zeit. (I was tired. I had no time.)

ich
du
wir

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