Present Perfect and Narrative Past

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3. Objective Students will be able to change sentences from the present tense to the present perfect and will be able to change sentences from the present tense to narrative past.

4. Present Perfect Perfekt = also know as conversational past. (Informal) You use haben or sein and move verb to the end of the sentence. Verb at the end of the sentence needs to be changed to the past tense. Add ge + stem + t.

5. Present Perfect Use sein when the verb shows motion from point A to point B or a change of condition. The verb must be intransitive, ie. verbs that cannot have a direct object. (gehen, laufen, kommen, fahren, schwimmen and wandern.)

6. Present Perfect Rules = ieren verbs do not get ge. Inseparable prefixes do not get ge. Separable prefixes have the ge between the prefix and the verb Stems that end in d or t do need an e inserted before the t. Stems that end in M or N and have a consonant other than L or R before the M or N need an e before the t.

7. Present Perfect Ex. Ich spiele Fuball. Ich habe Fuball gespielt. Wir arbeiten nach der Schule. Wir haben nach der Schule gearbeitet.

8. Imperfekt Imperfekt = also known as simple past or narrative past. (Formal) You do not need to move the verb!!!!!! NO haben or sein!!! Take the stem of the verb and add te to the end of it. (Thats it!!!)

9. Imperfekt ich te du test er, sie es, te wir ten ihr tet Sie, sie ten

10. Imperfekt Ex. Peter hrt Musik. Peter hrte Musik. Wir hren Musik. Wir hrten Musik.

11. Imperfekt Rules = Stems that end in d or t do need an e inserted before the t. Stems that end in M or N and have a consonant other than L or R before the M or N need an e before the t.

12. Imperfekt Ex. wart en = wart e te Peter wartete fr uns.

13. Weak Verbs Lets practice both forms of the past tense with weak verbs. (regular verbs) Infinitive Imperfekt Perfekt hren hrte hat gehrt sagen sagte hat gesagt warten wartete hat gewartet regnen regnete hat geregnet