Coffee Break German

CBG 1:40 | Mein Deutsch hat sich sehr verbessert!

Dec 20, 2014
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ANECDOTE

Mark's Innsbruck Trip

  • Mark reflects on his enjoyable trip to Innsbruck, Austria, where he did some recording with Thomas.
  • He expresses his desire to improve his ability to talk about past events in German.
ADVICE

Forming the Perfect Tense

  • Learn to use the perfect tense by combining the auxiliary verb "haben" with the past participle.
  • For regular verbs, form the past participle by adding "ge" before the infinitive.
INSIGHT

Verbs of Motion

  • The perfect tense isn't always formed with "haben".
  • Verbs of motion use "sein" as the auxiliary verb.
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