Today we are looking at two very important verbs: haben (to have) and sein (to be). Both are irregular and need to be memorized. You need these two verbs to form lots of simple sentences but also to talk about the past.
haben – to have
ich habe I have
du hast you have
er/sie/es/man hat he/she/it/one has
wir haben we have
ihr habt you have (pl)
sie haben they have
sein – to be
ich bin I am
du bist you are
er/sie/es/man ist he/she/it/one is
wir sind we are
ihr seid you are (pl)
sie sind they are
As mentioned before, you need ‘haben’ and ‘sein’ to form the Perfect Tense - the most common way to report about past events in spoken German. We will look at the Perfect Tense in the next blog.
Tasks
for beginners: Memorize the ich, du, er/sie/es forms of both verbs.
for advanced learners: Memorize all forms of haben and sein.
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