essential german gramar

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6.7 haben or sein in the perfect?

with haben

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with sein

future

ich du es wir ihr sie

werde wirst wird werden werdet werden

machen machen machen machen machen machen

werde wirst wird werden werdet werden

singen singen singen singen singen singen

werde wirst wird werden werdet werden

bleiben bleiben bleiben bleiben bleiben bleiben

future perfect

ich du es wir ihr sie

werde wirst wird werden werdet werden

gemacht haben gemacht haben gemacht haben gemacht haben gemacht haben gemacht haben

werde wirst wird werden werdet werden

gesungen haben gesungen haben gesungen haben gesungen haben gesungen haben gesungen haben

werde wirst wird werden werdet werden

geblieben sein geblieben sein geblieben sein geblieben sein geblieben sein geblieben sein

NB The auxiliary verb in red is the finite verb, i.e. the part that agrees with the subject (see 6.2). In a main clause, this comes in second position, while the other parts go to the end of the clause (see 9.1), e.g. Susi hat eine Expedition an den Nordpol gemacht (Susi has made an expedition to the North Pole). NB Note how in all compound tenses except for the future tense, the main verb is in the past participle form. In the future tense, the main verb is in the infinitive form (compare the present passive (6.8), which uses the past participle!).

6.7 haben or sein in the perfect? Whether the perfect tenses are formed with haben or sein depends on the meaning of the verb. Most verbs, including all TRANSITIVE VERBS and REFLEXIVE VERBS, form their perfect tenses with haben, but the following groups of verbs use sein:

intransitive verbs of motion: Herr Steiger ist nach Köln gefahren. Sie sind gerade aus dem Haus gegangen. Sie war beim Skifahren hingefallen.

Herr Steiger has gone to Cologne. They have just gone out of the house. She had fallen over while skiing.

intransitive verbs expressing a change of state: Sie sind schon eingeschlafen. Das Licht ist ausgegangen. Die Bombe war um elf Uhr explodiert.

They have already gone to sleep. The light has gone out. The bomb had exploded at eleven o’clock.

most verbs meaning ‘happen’, ‘succeed’, ‘fail’: Was ist hier passiert? Der Plan war fehlgeschlagen.

What has happened here? The plan had failed.


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Answers to exercises

56min
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Index

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pages 313-319

Grammar in context: translations

15min
pages 306-312

Chapter 12:Spoken and written German

7min
pages 281-284

Chapter 11:Word formation

8min
pages 276-280

Chapter 10:Complex sentences

10min
pages 270-275

Chapter 9: Word order

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pages 265-269

Chapter 8: Valency and cases

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pages 260-264

Chapter 6: Verbs: forms

11min
pages 247-252

Chapter 5: Prepositions

10min
pages 241-246

Chapter 7: Verbs: uses

12min
pages 253-259

adverbials

12min
pages 234-240

Chapter 3: The noun phrase: determiners and pronouns Chapter 4: Adjectives, adverbs and

8min
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Chapter 2: Nouns

3min
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Register in context

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pronunciation

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12.8 Register

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page 217

12.3 The use of capital letters

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page 212

12.7 Other punctuation marks

1min
page 216

12.4 One word or two?

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12.2 German spelling

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Word formation in context

1min
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11.7 Variable verb prefixes

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11.3 Compound nouns

1min
page 197

Complex sentences in context

2min
pages 191-192

11.2 The formation of nouns

3min
pages 195-196

11.5 Inseparable verb prefixes

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pages 200-201

11.6 Separable verb prefixes

1min
page 202

10.8 The infinitive without zu

3min
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prepositions

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page 187

10.6 Infinitive clauses

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10.5 Subordination: relative clauses

3min
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conjunctions

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10.3 Subordination: noun clauses

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9.7 The position of adverbials

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Word order in context

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10.2 Coordination

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in the central section

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9.3 First position in main clauses

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9.2 Verbs at the end of the clause

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9.1 The ‘bracket’ construction

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9. Word order

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8.8 Place complements

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8.9 Direction complements

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8.10 Predicate complements

2min
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8.7 Prepositional objects

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8.4 Other uses of the dative case

1min
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8.1 Sentence patterns

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8.2 Reflexive verbs

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pages 147-148

8.3 Dative objects

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7.14 dürfen

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7.19 wollen

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8. Valency and cases

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7.13 The modal auxiliary verbs

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7.12 Subjunctive I: reported speech

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7.4 The passive with werden

1min
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sentences

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7.10 The subjunctive: general

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7.2 Present and future

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Verb forms in context

2min
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7.3 Past and perfect

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6.11 List of strong and irregular verbs

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6.10 Vowel changes with strong verbs

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6.7 haben or sein in the perfect?

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6.5 Conjugation of irregular verbs

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6.9 Forms of the subjunctive

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6.6 Compound tenses

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6.8 Forms of the passive

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6.4 Separable and inseparable verbs

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Prepositions in context

1min
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5.5 Prepositional adverbs

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accusative

2min
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5.2 Prepositions with the dative

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5.4 Prepositions with the genitive

1min
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4.11 Adverbs of direction

1min
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4.17 Cardinal numbers

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5. Prepositions

1min
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4.10 Adverbs of place

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4.8 Adverbs and adverbials

1min
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and superlative

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4.6 Comparison of adjectives

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4.5 Adjectives with prepositions

1min
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special cases

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4.3 Adjectives used as nouns

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The noun phrase in context

1min
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4.4 Adjectives with the dative

1min
page 74

indefinite pronouns

4min
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3.8 Reflexive pronouns

1min
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3.3 Uses of the articles

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3.4 Demonstratives

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3.6 Other determiners

2min
pages 61-62

pronouns

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3.5 Possessives

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3.7 Personal pronouns

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Nouns in context

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2.12 Case marking on the noun

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plurals

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Words and sentences in context

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2.2 Masculine nouns

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2.7 The plural of masculine nouns

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1.9 Questions and commands

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1.7 Sentences and clauses

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2.11 Case

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10 Plurals in -s (and other foreign

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