Das Perfekt (regular forms)

Master German Perfekt tense! Practice regular verb forms & past participles.

Review:In English we can use different tenses to talk about the past:I ate. I have eaten. I was eating.In German, allthose can be expressed with the PERFEKT.The form is very similar to the English present perfect tense (e.g. I have eaten).The basic regular form uses habenas a "helping verb". It is called that because it does not mean anyone has or owns anything, but merely "helps" express the past.Habenis conjugated to match the subject (e.g. ich habe) and we use the past participle of the "meaning verb" (e.g. gespielt). The meaning verb is the one actually describing the action.To form the regular past participle, we add the prefix ge- and the suffix -tto the stem of the verb.The stem is the infinitive (basic form) of the verb without the ending -en (or -n).infinitive > stem > participlespielen > spiel> gespielttanzen > tanz> getanztwandern >wander>gewandertREMEMBER!If the stem already ends in a -t, you have to add-etarbeiten >arbeit>gearbeitetIt is important to use BOTH, haben + past participle, to form the Perfekt.If you do not use haben, it would be like saying "I eaten", which might be quite misleading!When you write a sentence, haben stays with the subject and the past participle goes to the very end of the sentence!eg. Ich spiele Videospiele. > Ich habe Videospiele gespielt.Ich spiele Videospiele am Computer. > Ich habe Videospiele am Computer gespielt. How do you form the regular Perfekt? sein + infinitive haben + infinitive sein + past participle haben + past participle What is the stem of a verb? the du-form of a verb the infinitive without the -en ending the past participle the infinitive How do you form the regular past participle? ge + infinitive ge + stem + en ge + stem + t infinitive + t Which past tense in English can be expressed using the Perfekt in German? I ate (simple past) I have eaten (present perfect) I was eating (past continuous) all of the above Present tense conjugation of haben Let's review how to conjugate "haben" in the present tense.Fill in the table with the correct forms (remember: it is a slightly IRREGULAR verb) Person conjugated form of haben ich habe du hast er hat wir haben ihr habt sie haben Participles Practice Now practice forming the past participles! infinitive stem past participle tanzen tanz getanzt spielen spiel gespielt sagen sag gesagt schauen schau geschaut wandern wander gewandert angeln angel geangelt arbeiten arbeit gearbeitet malen mal gemalt skaten skat geskatet machen mach gemacht haben hab gehabt Full sentences! Change the sentences into the past tense, using the Perfekt.Remember that the participle will always go to the end of the sentence!WATCH YOUR SPELLING AND REMEMBER TO PUT A PERIOD AT THE END!! Present tense Perfekt Ich tanze. Ich habe getanzt. Ich spiele Videospiele. Ich habe Videospiele gespielt. Er angelt im Meer. Er hat im Meer geangelt. Du malst ein Bild. Du hast ein Bild gemalt. Wir machen die Hausaufgaben. Wir haben die Hausaufgaben gemacht. Ihr schaut Fernsehen. Ihr habt Fernsehen geschaut. How confident do you feel about the regular Perfekt forms? very confident pretty good, but need more practice still struggling a bit completely lost