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Neu in Deutschland: 'hatte', 'war', 'es gab', imperfect tense singular & plural

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I can use the perfect and imperfect tenses to understand the recent experiences of a young person arriving to live and study in Germany.

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Use the imperfect forms 'hatte', 'war', 'gab' to talk about the past instead of the perfect tense. Imperfect weak verbs are formed like 'lernen'. Imperfect strong verbs take the same endings as 'liegen'.

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