Present Perfect & Narrative Past By: Catherine Wadley

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Present Perfect & Narrative Past When talking or writing about events that happen in the past, one must use past tense. There are two options in German. Present Perfect & Narrative. Present Perfect: uses a past participle with a helping verb(haben oder sein). Narrative Past: uses a simple form: the main verb in the past tense.

Present Perfect The present perfect tense is used in conversational exchange. Formed by combining an auxiliary verb with the main verb. Uses haben or sein to have: hat gehabt to go: ist gegangen to buy: hat gekauft

Conjugation of Haben and Sein Ich habe Du hast Er, Sie, Es hat Wir haben Ihr habt sie Sie Ich bin Du bist Er, Sie, Es ist Wir sind Ihr seid sie Sie

When to use Haben Use haben when not indicating motion Verbs that use accusative. Haben is considered an auxiliary verb. Example: Ich habe gegessen I have eaten

More Examples of Haben Er hat gelacht, als wir ihm gratuliert haben. He laughed when we congratulated him Ich habe in München gewohnt. I used to live in Munich Er hat Geige gespielt. He played the violin

When to use Sein When an action verb is used. When in motion and moving from a certain place(example: gehen, fliegen). Examples: Ich bin heute gegangen. I have gone today Use sein because you are talking about being in motion.

Let’s sum it all together Er hat gelacht, als wir ihm gratuliert haben. He laughed when we congratulated him Sie ist nach Hause gefahren. She has driven home You should be able to notice the different use of haben and sein. Remember that the “ge” that has been added These indicate the present-perfect tense.

Narrative Past (Simple Past) The Narrative Past is used when narrating a series of events, usually written down. Describes events that have happened in the past but are not yet fully completed. Main verb used in past tense. Only change the finite (conjugated verb).

Conjugation of Regular Verbs Examples: Ich sagte dir das. I told you Er spielte Golf. He played Golf Wir machten Kuchen. We made cakes ich -te du -est Er,Sie,Es wir -ten ihr -tet Sie/SIe

Narrative Past Notice adding the –te changes the sentence Must change the verb to the past tense. Example: He played golf. Would become “Er spielte Golf” Notice adding the –te changes the sentence into past tense.

Conjugation of Irregular Verbs There are small group of verbs that follow their own conjugation rules and must be learned on their own. Conjugate according to the personal pronoun. Examples: Brennen, denken, rufen, gehen The conjugation of gehen turns into gingen Ich Du Er,Sie,Es Wir ihr Sie/sie ging gingst gingen gingt

Examples of Narrative Past Ich wollte das hören. I wanted to hear that Ralf ging ins Kino. Ralf went to the movie theatre Sie brachten den Wein. They brought the wine These are examples of both irregular and regular verbs.

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In the Present Perfect tense, you would, the use of sein would indicate that the object is in motion. Is this statement correct? Yes No

In the Present Perfect form, do you add a “ge” to the beginning of verb? Yes No

Pick the right translation of “I have played” In the Present Perfect form Ich habe spiel Ich habe gespielt Mir haben spielten

Complete the following sentence ”Wir sind ins Kino ___” gegangen gangen gengt

Translate “Have you bought the book?” using the Present Perfect form Hast du kaufen das Buch? Hast du das Buch gekauft? Hast du gekauf ein Buch?

In the Present Perfect, kommen would become Kommen (it would stay the same) Gekammt Gekommen

Nicole ____ geschwommen. Haben oder Sein? ist hat gehaben

Fill in the blanks “Ich ___ am Computer ___” bin, arbeitet haben, gearbeit habe, gearbeitet

Translate “We played well” in the Present Perfect tesne. Wir spielen gut Wir haben gut gespielt Wir sind gespielen gut

Translate “Wir ___ nach Madrid ___” in the Present Perfect tense sind,geflogen haben,fliegen hat,geflogen QUIZ

The Narrative Past is commonly used in conversation The Narrative Past is commonly used in conversation. Is this statement correct? Yes No

In the Narrative Past bringen would change to… brach gebrachten brachten

Fill in the blank “Wir ___ Tennis” spielt gespielten spielten

Fill in the blank “Ich ___ auf die Strasse” gehe gingen ging

Fill in the blank “Das Feuer ___ langsam” brannte brannten gebrennen

Translate “You bought too much” into the Narrative Past tense Du gekaufst zu viel Du kauftest zu viel Du kaufst zu viel

Fill in the blank “Ich ___ die Tür auf” macht machten machte

Translate “My brother slept until 11 o’clock” into the Narrative Past Mein Bruder schlief bis elf Uhr Mein Bruder geschliefen bis elf Uhr Mein Bruder hat schlief bis elf Uhr QUIZ