German perfect tense
Perfekt is very common in spoken German. It normally uses a conjugated auxiliary in position two and a past participle at the end. Most verbs use haben, while many verbs of movement or change of state use sein.
Useful examples
1
Ich habe Deutsch gelernt.
I studied German.
2
Wir sind nach Berlin gefahren.
We travelled to Berlin.
3
Hast du den Film gesehen?
Did you see the film?
Common mistakes
- Guessing between haben and sein.
- Forgetting the participle at the end.
- Building separable-verb participles incorrectly.
Learn it better
- Learn verbs together with auxiliary and participle.
- Group common sein verbs by meaning.
- Retell yesterday in Perfekt.
Continue learning
Turn grammar into usable language
Read one topic, then apply the structure in JadoLearn practice and lessons.