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Lesson 45 of 69 · A2, Unit 5: Grammar milestones

The perfect with sein

Some verbs build the perfect with sein instead of haben: verbs of movement from A to B (gehen, fahren, fliegen, kommen) and of change of state (aufstehen, einschlafen, sterben, werden). Plus two exceptions to learn by heart: sein and bleiben.

Ich bin nach Berlin gefahren. Wir sind um sechs aufgestanden. Er ist zu Hause geblieben. The participle still goes to the end.

By the end you can:

  • recognise verbs that take sein in the perfect
  • form the perfect of common movement verbs
  • use war and bin gewesen correctly

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