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Oct 2017
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CBG 2.18 | Wie alt warst du, als du ein ...

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<p>In the last lesson we looked at the Präteritum, the past tense form which is commonly used with verbs such as <strong>sein</strong>, <strong>haben</strong> and so on. In this lesson, we'll be taking the Präteritum a little further and learn how to talk about what we wanted to ... Show More
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