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Dec 2021
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CBG 3.05 | Irregular verbs in the imperf...

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Following on from the previous lesson of Coffee Break German Season 3, Mark and Andrea continue to look at the imperfect tense, this time, focusing on irregular verbs. The imperfect tense is used when writing or telling a story in the past so we take a look at a letter where we see many irregular imperfect verbs in context. We also hear some interesting vocabulary including the word Sprachlernaufenthalt.


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