German A2 Lesson
Präteritum von "sein" und "haben"
Learn simple past forms of sein and haben for daily conversations.
The Präteritum is the simple past tense, mainly used in written German, but "sein" and "haben" are used in spoken German too.
Conjugation of "sein" (was)
• ich war (I was)
• du warst (you were)
• er/sie/es war (he/she/it was)
• wir waren (we were)
• ihr wart (you all were)
• sie/Sie waren (they/you were)
Conjugation of "haben" (had)
• ich hatte (I had)
• du hattest (you had)
• er/sie/es hatte (he/she/it had)
• wir hatten (we had)
• ihr hattet (you all had)
• sie/Sie hatten (they/you had)
Example Contexts
• Ich war gestern im Kino. (I was at the cinema yesterday.)
• Wir hatten keine Zeit. (We had no time.)
• Wo warst du? (Where were you?)
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