German Language: Understanding Past Tense

According to the video, how can you remember that ,,das Perfekt" means past tense in German?

• Everything about it is perfect.

• Perfect means completed.

• It's impossible to make a mistake when learning German past tense.

• Only perfect people become German students.

How do you say, "I am playing" in German?

• Ich spiele

• Ich bin spielen

• Ich bin spieling

• Ich bin spiele

What does ,,ich spiele" mean in English?

• I played

• I play

• I am playing

• Play!

What does ,,ich habe gespielt" mean?

• I have been playing

• I was playing

• I have played

• I played

In the conversational past tense/das Perfekt, which verb is used most commonly as the helping verb?

• any verb can be helpful

• sein

• war

• haben

When do you use ,,sein" instead of ,,haben" as your helping verb?

• Whenever you want to.

• When the verb indicates movement or change in state of being.

• Noone knows.

• Because it's German.

Verbs that have a stem-vowel change in the present tense are usually __________ in the past tense.

• strong

• silly

• weak

• hopeless

Did this video help with your understanding of the Conversational past tense/das Perfekt?

• Yes

• No

• a little

• I'm more confused than ever.