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Oct 2021
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CBG 3.01 | A Review of the Perfect Tense...

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In this first episode of Coffee Break GermanSeason 3, Andrea and Mark review the German Perfect Tense. We’ll take a look back at how the Perfect Tense is formed, and then we’ll find out how some irregular verbs are conjugated in the tense. To put this grammar point into practice, we also listen to a dialogue in German between Chris and Sabine, who are on holiday in Switzerland.


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