Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Haben - the German version of "have has"

Lets discuss German grammar a bit. In German, the last couple of letters in every verb changes based on the pronoun. The following examples should make it clear.

I have: ich habe (hab E)
You have: du hast (ha ST)
She has er/sie hat (ha T)
We have: wir haben (hab EN)
They have: sie haben (hab EN)
It has: es hat (ha T)

Similarly for some other verb, let's say lernen (to learn)

Ich learne
du learnst
er learnt
wir learnen
sie learnen
es learnt

Memory aid

plural - Ends with EN : hen is plural
it/her/him - Ends with T : Tea is singular (is it?)

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