UNT: Present Perfect Tense - Conversational Use

Present Perfect Tense - Conversational Use

Reminder: the conversational way to say something in the past is called the Present Perfect Tense. To form the Present Perfect, you will need to review the forms of the helping verb haben:

• ich habe
• du hast
• er/sie/es hat
• wir haben
• ihr habt
• sie/Sie haben

Forming the Present Perfect Tense

Now that we have covered the participle forms and reviewed the conjugation of haben, we are ready to create sentences using the Present Perfect Tense.

The participle will normally be at the end of the sentence (unless there is a subordinating conjunction). So, the order will be: 

• subject
• conjugated form of haben
• additional forms (direct and indirect objects, etc.)
• participle

Example:

• Ich habe Deutsch gelernt.
• I have learned German.

Practice Activity

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