Learn German A2: Past Particle (P II) in Perfekt Lesson 4. While In spoken language, we often use the present perfect tense (Perfekt) to talk about something that happened in the past.

So, In this lesson, we learn the conjugation of past particle (P II) in German. Because there are different ways to make ” Past Particle ” in Perfekt in German.

While The present perfect is formed from two parts:

a) In second position in the sentence is a simple clause with the auxiliary verb haben or sein, Meanwhile It is conjugated as in the present tense.

b) While, the activity described in the sentence is expressed using the second verb at the end of the sentence. So, this verb is in a special form, the past participle. Meanwhile, most past participles start with the prefix ge-.

So, The sentence structure of present perfect tense in German is as follows:

Subject + hilfsverb (sein/haben) + ————- Partizip II

While, Partizip II is the past particle in up given equation. And meanwhile this equation narrates us sentence structure of present perfect tense in German.

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So, Let’s start:

Regular Verbs Conjugation (Perfekt)

Meanwhile, Most of the times regular verbs have the conjugation for present perfect tense as follows:

ge + verbstamm + t

While, there are few regular verbs which have the conjugation for present perfect tenses as follows:

ge + verbstamm + et

Few Regular verbs have been mentioned in following table! While, We have mentioned the verb ”haben” also. Therefore, you can see most of verbs are conjugated with the auxiliary verb ”haben”.

German	English	Past Particle
machen	to make	(hat) gemacht
kochen	to cook	(hat) gekocht
fragen	to ask	(hat)gefragt
sagen	to say	(hat) gesagt
suchen	to search	(hat)gesucht
reisen	to travel	(ist) gereist
spielen	to play	(hat) gespielt
lernen	to learn	(hat) gelernt
arbeiten	to work	(hat) gearbeitet
reden	to talk	(hat) geredet

Regular verbs Conjugation for Present Perfect Tense

So, here are few Examples:

Ich habe gestern lange gekocht. (I have cooked long time yesterday.)

Ich habe letztes Jahr Spanisch gelernt. (I have learned spanish last year.)

Wir sind zusammen gereist. (We have traveled together.)

Was hast du gestern gemacht? (What you have done yesterday?)

Ich habe auch am Sonntag gearbeitet. (I have also worked on Sunday.)

Wie lange hast du gestern Musik gespielt? (How long have you played music yesterday?)

Ihr habt letzte wochenende geredet. (You have talked last weekend.)

Hast du sein vater gesucht? (Have you looked for his father?)

Sie haben nichts gesagt. (You have not said anything.)

Hast du gestern deinen Lehrer gefragt? (Have you asked your teacher yesterday?)

Verbs Conjugation with ending ”ieren” (Perfekt)

Meanwhile, The conjugation of verbs with ending ”ieren” is as follows:

verbstamm + t

German	English	Past Particle
passieren	to pass	(ist) passiert
kombinieren	to combine	(hat) kombiniert
gratulieren	to congratulate	(hat) gratuliert
probieren	to try	(hat) probiert
studieren	to study	(hat) studiert
fotografieren	to take photos	(hat) fotografiert

So, here are examples of verbs with ”ieren” endings for Perfekt:

Was ist passiert? (What has happend?)

Mari hat an der Uni Mathe studiert. (Mari have studied math at the university.)

Ich habe alle Notizen kombiniert. (I have combined all the notes.)

Sie haben ihm alle gratuliert. (They all have congratulated him.)

Ich habe alles probiert. (I have tried everything.)

Ali hat die Blumen fotografiert. (Ali has photographed the flowers.)

Conjugation of separable verbs (Perfekt)

So, Regular and irregular verbs are included in separable verbs and these verbs are conjugated as follows:

präfix + ge + verbstamm + t

While, in some cases, conjugation can be like that:

präfix + ge + verbstamm + en

German	English	Past Particle
mitmachen	to participate	(hat) mitgemacht
ankommen	to arrive	(ist) angekommen
absagen	to cancel	(hat) abgesagt
aufmachen	to open up	(hat) aufgemacht
aufhören	to stop	(hat) aufgehört
abfahren	to depart	(hat) abgefahren
einkaufen	to shop	(hat) eingekauft

So, here are examples for the separable verbs for Perfekt:

Und wahrscheinlich hat er sogar mitgemacht. (And he has probably even participated.)

Du bist angekommen. (You have arrived.)

Du hast die Party abgesagt. (You have canceled the party.)

Mari hat den Kühlschrank aufgemacht. (Mari has opened the fridge.)

Der Regen hat aufgehört. (The rain has stopped.)

Unser Zug ist schon abgefahren. (Our train has already departed.)

Ich habe eingekauft. (I have shopped.)

Verbs ” ohne ge ”

While, few Regular and irregular verbs are conjugated as follows:

präfix + ohne ”ge”

Meanwhile, You can check the separable verbs with ” past particle ” in the following table:

German	English	Past Particle
erklären	to explain	(hat) enklärt
verstehen	to understand	(hat) verstanden
bekommen	to receive	(hat) bekommen
gefallen	to please	(hat) gefallen
erzählen	to narrate	(hat) erzählt
entscheiden	to decide	(hat) entschieden

So, here are few examples with separable and un separable verbs for perfect tense:

Meine Lehrerin hat das Thema gut erklärt. (My teacher has explained the subject well.)

Hast du verstanden? (Have you understood?)

Ich habe deinen Brief vorgestern bekommen. (I have gotten your letter the day before yesterday.)

Du hast mein Hemd gefallen. (You have liked my shirt.)

Ich habe auch schon Unsinn erzählt. (I’ve said nonsense too.)

Ali hat entschieden. (Ali has decided.)

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Irregular Verbs (Perfekt)

So, here we have mentioned irregular verbs with past particle. Meanwhile, You can learn these forms and apply in your day to day situations.

German	English	Past Particle
treffen	to meet	(hat) getroffen
schlafen	to sleep	(hat) geschlafen
vergessen	to forget	(hat) vergessen
bekommen	to receive	(hat) bekommen
sprechen	to speak	(hat) gesprochen
schneiden	to cut	(ist) geschnitten
geben	to give	(ist) gegeben
lesen	to read	(hat) gelesen
nehmen	to take	(hat) genommen
denken	to think	(hat) gedacht
bringen	to bring	(hat) gebracht
schreiben	to write	(hat) geschrieben
helfen	to help	(hat) geholfen
essen	to eat	(hat) gegessen
trinken	to drink	(hat) getrunken
sehen	to see	(hat) gesehen
finden	to find	(hat) gefunden
kommen	to come	(ist) gekommen
anfangen	to begin	(hat) angefangen
zumachen	to close	(hat) zugemacht
mitkommen	to come along	(ist) mitgekommen
fernsehen	to watch TV	(hat) ferngesehen

So, here are few examples with past particles of irregular verbs:

Hast du ihn getroffen? (Have you met him?)

Ich habe unruhig geschlafen. (I have slept restlessly.)

Ich habe das Passwort vergessen. (I have forgoten the password.)

Ali hat gesprochen. (Ali has spoken.)

Usman hat sich geschnitten. (Usman has cut himself.)

Die Situation ist gegeben. (The situation is given.)

Du hast gelesen. (You have read.)

Tom hat das gebracht. (Tom has brought this.)

Mari hat mir einen Brief geschrieben. (Mari has written me a letter.)

Hast du geholfen? (Have you helped?)

Hast du gestern etwas gegessen? (Have you eaten something yesterday?)

Meanwhile few more examples:

Hast du getrunken? (Have you drank?)

Hast du gesehen? (Have you seen?)

Gute Arbeit! (Great job!) So, Now you can make Past Particle (P II) by using regular & irregular verbs in present perfect tense.

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