Das Imperfekt

In German, the perfect tense and the imperfect tense are used interchangeably.
The word order remains THE SAME as in the present tense.

Regular Formation

To form the imperfect tense regularly you take the stem and you add these endings:

-te
-test
-te
-ten
-tet
-ten
Irregular Verbs

There are numerous irregular verbs.

Sein - to be PronounImperfectMeaningich /er/sie/es/manwarI/he/she/it/one wasdu warstYou were (singular, informal) wir/siewarenWe/they wereihr wartYou (plural) were

Haben - to have PronounImperfectMeaningich /er/sie/es/manhatteI/he/she/it/one haddu hattestYou had(singular, informal) wir/siehattenWe/they hadihr hattetYou (plural) had

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