Tense formation Flashcards

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How do you form the Plusquamperfekt?

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Like the Perfekt, but with hatte/war instead of habe/bin (normal verb endings) with the past participle at the end.

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What three verbs are most used in the Praeteritum, and how are they formed for the different personal pronouns?

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Sein, haben and werden.
Sein = war, warst, war, waren, wart, waren
Haben = hatte, hattest, hatte, hatten, hattet, hatten
Werden = wurde, wurdest, wurde, wurden, wurdet, wurden

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How are regular verbs formed in the Praeteritum?

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Infinitiv-Stamm+Endung.

E.g. fragte, fragtest, fragte, fragten, fragtet, fragten.

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