Re:In Defense of Latin
by eru on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @06:18AM
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Excellent write-up!
Btw, in modern spoken German we mostly only have two tenses left: present and perfect. Present is used for the present and the future. Perfect (formed with 'haben') is used for past events.
(Yes, we also still use other tenses. But they are much rarer in spoken German.)
And especially in spoken questions about things people did or didn't do, an auxiliary verb (like "haben" or "sein") is almost mandatory.
"Gingst Du nach Hause?" vs "Bist Du nach Hause gegangen?"
Btw, in modern spoken German we mostly only have two tenses left: present and perfect. Present is used for the present and the future. Perfect (formed with 'haben') is used for past events.
(Yes, we also still use other tenses. But they are much rarer in spoken German.)
And especially in spoken questions about things people did or didn't do, an auxiliary verb (like "haben" or "sein") is almost mandatory.
"Gingst Du nach Hause?" vs "Bist Du nach Hause gegangen?"