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xalisonbx asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 10 years ago

What is the perfect tense of haben, sein and geben? (German)?

Is there also different words for du, wir, ihr etc?

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    Below are the conjugations of the perfect tense of these three verbs:

    haben

    ich habe gehabt = I have had

    du hast gehabt = you (singular informal) have had

    er / sie / es hat gehabt = he / she/ it has had

    wir haben gehabt = we have had

    ihr habt gehabt = you (plural informal) have had

    Sie haben gehabt = you ( formal singular and plural) have had

    sie haben gehabt = they have had

    sein

    ich bin gewesen = I have been

    du bist gewesen = you (singular informal) have been

    er / sie / es ist gewesen = he / she/ it has been

    wir sind gewesen = we have been

    ihr seid gewesen = you (plural informal) have been

    Sie sind gewesen = you ( formal singular and plural) have been

    sie sind gewesen = they have been

    geben

    ich habe gegeben = I have given

    du hast gegeben = you (singular informal) have given

    er / sie / es hat gegeben = he / she/ it has given

    wir haben gegeben = we have given

    ihr habt gegeben = you (plural informal) have given

    Sie haben gegeben = you ( formal singular and plural) have given

    sie haben gegeben = they have given

    Examples of these verbs in the perfect tense in a sentence:

    Wir haben zwei Katzen gehabt. (We had two cats)

    Du bist sehr fleissig gewesen. (You have been very hardworking)

    Hans und Petra haben uns Geld gegeben. (Hans and Petra have given us money)

    As you will see, it is the auxiliary ("help") verb (haben or sein) that conjugates, not the past participle (gehabt, gewesen, gegeben). Note how the past participle is placed at the end of the sentence.

    Source(s): Studied and taught German.
  • 10 years ago

    The first answer to this is using the perfect tense as your question asked, but this is quite long winded, you could also use the imperfect:

    Ich hatte : I had war : I was gab : I gave

    Du hattest warst gabst

    er/sie/es hatte war gab

    Wir hatten waren gaben

    Ihr hattet wart gabt

    sie/Sie hatten waren gaben

    You can use the online dictionary 'leo' at the website *http://dict.leo.org/?lang=en* if you type a word, scroll down to the verbs of that search, click on the 'i' icon on the very right, and then click on the word under 'Konjugation / Deklination:' you can see every conjugated form of the verb, it's an excellent site:L

    Take note however, that the imperfect tense is never used when speaking, only in written such as articles, books, you must use the perfect tense when speaking or writing beause if you use the imperfect e.g. Ich gab when speaking, it sounds really weird! you can however use the perfect tense whenever you like e.g. Ich habe gegeben.

    Good luck with the rest of your german!

    Source(s): My knowledge, and : http://dict.leo.org/?lang=en
  • 10 years ago

    see david's answer! its correct!

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