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German Verbs - "haben" & "sein"

[to: sein (to be)]

  haben to have
ich
(I)
habe I have
du
(you, informal)
hast You have
er / sie / es
(he / she / it)
hat He / She / It has
wir
(we)
haben We have
ihr
(you, informal, plural)
habt You have
sie
(they)
haben They have
Sie
(you, formal)
haben You have

Great! The ending for we, they and the formal you are the same!

sein (to be) - This verb is a bit weird, like its equivalent in English. You just have to learn the different forms of the verb that are used according to whom you're talking about.

PS - The famous line from Shakespeare's play Hamlet, "To be or not to be, that is the question." - In German they say: "Sein oder nicht sein, das ist die Frage." (To the exercises...)

  sein to be
ich
(I)
bin I am
du
(you, informal)
bist You are
er / sie / es
(he / she / it)
ist He / She / It is
wir
(we)
sind We are
ihr
(you, informal, plural)
seid You are
sie
(they)
sind They are
Sie
(you, formal)
sind You are

Great! The ending for we, they and the formal you are the same!

Interactive Exercises:

| Present Tense of "sein" (gaps) | Practice "sein" |

| Practise "sein" & "haben" |

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