German Verbs - "haben" & "sein"

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The ending for we, they and the formal you are all the same!

sein (to be) - This verb is a bit weird, like its equivalent in English. You just have to learn the different forms of the verb that are used according to whom you're talking about.

P.S. - The famous line from Shakespeare's play Hamlet, "To be or not to be, that is the question." - In German the actors say: "Sein oder nicht sein, das ist die Frage."

Verb forms of the German verbs HABEN and SEIN in the present tense
  haben to have     sein to be
ich
(I)
habe I have   ich bin I am
du
(you, informal)
hast You have   du bist You are
er / sie / es
(he / she / it)
hat He / She / It has   er/sie/es ist He / She / It is
wir
(we)
haben We have   wir sind We are
ihr
(you, informal, plural)
habt You have   ihr seid You are
sie
(they)
haben They have   sie sind They are
Sie
(you, formal)
haben You have   Sie sind You are

Interactive Exercises:

  1. Present Tense of "sein" (gap-filling in sentences)...
  2. "sein", match-up @ Wordwall (by Mokaestanulas)
  3. "sein", Missing word @ Wordwall (by Gosiap) - fill gaps in sentences
  4. Practise "sein" - gap-filling @ Quia...
  5. "sein", True or false @ Wordwall (by Deutschonline), challenging, gets faster!

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