German has two forms of the subjunctive: subjunctive I, which this unit covers and which relates to indirect discourse and some special uses; and subjunctive II, which deals with conditional sentences and which is covered in Unit 15.

Whereas Konjunktiv II is formed from the stem of its imperfect conjugation, here we use the present tense stem and then add the same endings as with earlier. Luckily for us, this applies to every verb save one, sein, which was always going to be doing something different, let’s face it.

Der Hund will spazieren gehen….The verb ‘wollen’

The Subjunctive I is almost always found in the third-person form: er habe (he has), sie sei (she is), er komme (he’s coming), or sie wisse (she knows). This -e ending (except for “to be”) rather than the normal -t ending in the German third person is your clue to indirect quotation.

Introduction. We can use the subjunctive mood, Konjunktiv in German, to express unreal situations such as wishes, hypothetical situations and unreal conditional clauses, or to repeating what people say in indirect speech.

As an auxiliary verb, werden can “help” other verbs express hypotheticals and events in the future, as well as form the passive. When used as a full verb, werden means “to become” or “to turn into”….Simple Past Tense (Präteritum) Werden Conjugation.

Past Perfect Tense

to become

Introduction. Separable verbs (Trennbare Verben) and inseparable verbs (Untrennbare Verben) in German are verbs whose meaning is altered by the addition of a prefix. Prefixes that are separable are separated from their verb in the conjugated form e.g. anstehen – ich stehe an (to queue – I queue).

The modal verbs in German are dürfen (be allowed to/may), können (be able to/can), mögen (to like/may), müssen (to have to/must), sollen (to ought to/should) and wollen (to want to). Modal verbs express ability, necessity, obligation, permission or possibility.

Separable verbs (1)

Many English verbs can be followed by prepositions or adverb particles. Phrasal verbs made with adverb particles are usually separable. As the name itself indicates the two parts of a separable phrasal verb are separable. The particle in a separable phrasal verb can go before or after noun objects.

present perfect tense

There is not such a concept as the phrasal verbs in German. Closest to this may be the concept of a Partikelverb, known as a composition of a verb with other compounds such as a preposition, a noun, another verb, or an adjective.

went

Go verb forms

We use have had in the present perfect when the main verb is also “have”:

• I’m not feeling well. I have had a headache all day.
• She has had three children in the past five years.
• We have had some problems with our computer systems recently.
• He has had two surgeries on his back.

“Had been” is used to mean that something happened in the past and has already ended. “Have been” and “has been” are used to mean that something began in the past and has lasted into the present time.

You use past tense for something that occurred in a known time in the past, which is not the case here. The second one, with “have had,” which is correct, is in the present perfect tense, which describes an event that has occurred in an undefined time in the past and is still relevant now.

Had had is the past perfect form of have when it is used as a main verb to describe our experiences and actions. We use the past perfect when we are talking about the past and want to refer back to an earlier past time, Madiini.

What is another word for had?

“Have had” is using the verb have in the present perfect tense. Consider the present tense sentence: I have a lot of homework. On the other hand, we use the present perfect tense to describe an event from the past that has some connection to the present.

1 Answer. “Had” is not the appropriate tense to use in this case: you must use “have”. The grammatically correct form of your sentence would be “Did you already have the opportunity to do something?” Otherwise, your sentence is just fine.

‘has’ is 3rd-person PRESENT tense only. ‘have’ is 3rd-person PAST tense. DID is PAST tense, hence use have.

-Did you eat your lunch? Both are correct. Have you eaten your lunch? is more common when the intent is to have lunch together at 3 if he hasn’t eaten his lunch yet.