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CBG 2.06 | Was hast du gestern gemacht? | Talking about the past in German
<p>In this lesson of Coffee Break German you'll be starting to learn to talk in the past using the Perfect Tense. This tense is formed by using a part of the auxiliary verb haben (to have) and the past participle. Andrea will explain everything you need to know, and you'll soon b ... Show More
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CBG 2.07 | Wir sind nach Berlin geflogen
<p>We've dealt with the Perfect Tense using the verb haben, but there are some verbs which need to use sein as the auxiliary verb when forming the Perfect. In this lesson you'll learn which verbs take sein, and how to say where you went, when you woke up, when you were born and h ... Show More
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<p>In this lesson of Coffee Break German you'll learn how to give a reason - without having to worry about word order! This lesson introduces the word <strong>denn</strong> and you'll be delighted to know that it does not change the word order of your sentence.</p><br><p>This sea ... Show More
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