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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(habenodersein). 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: istgegangen • to buy: hat gekauft
When to use Haben • Use haben when not indicating motion • Verbs that use accusative. • Haben is considered an auxiliary verb. • Example: Ichhabegegessen I have eaten
More Examples of Haben • Erhatgelacht, alswirihmgratulierthaben. He laughed when we congratulated him • Ichhabe in Münchengewohnt. I used to live in Munich • ErhatGeigegespielt. 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: Ichbinheutegegangen. I have gone today Use seinbecause you are talking about being in motion.
Let’s sum it all together • Erhatgelacht, alswirihmgratulierthaben. He laughed when we congratulated him • SieistnachHausegefahren. 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: Ichsagte dir das. I told you Erspielte Golf. He played Golf WirmachtenKuchen. We made cakes
Narrative Past • Must change the verb to the past tense. Example: • He played golf. Would become “Erspielte Golf” Notice adding the –techanges 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
Examples of Narrative Past • Ichwollte das hören. I wanted to hear that • Ralf ging ins Kino. Ralf went to the movie theatre • Siebrachten 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 • Ichhabe spiel • Ichhabegespielt • Mir habenspielten
Complete the following sentence”Wirsind ins Kino ___” • gegangen • gangen • gengt
Translate “Have you bought the book?” using the Present Perfect form • Hast du kaufen das Buch? • Hast du das Buchgekauft? • Hast du gekaufeinBuch?
In the Present Perfect, kommen would become • Kommen (it would stay the same) • Gekammt • Gekommen
Nicole ____ geschwommen.HabenoderSein? • 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. • Wirspielen gut • Wirhaben gut gespielt • Wirsindgespielen 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. 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 gekaufstzuviel • Du kauftestzuviel • Du kaufstzuviel
Fill in the blank“Ich ___ die Tür auf” • macht • machten • machte
Translate “My brother slept until 11 o’clock” into the Narrative Past • Mein Bruderschliefbis elf Uhr • Mein Brudergeschliefenbis elf Uhr • Mein Bruder hat schliefbis elf Uhr QUIZ