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A1 - Irregular verb

Master Haben

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T
Wir gehen jetzt essen.
L
  du Hunger?

Each word answers one question. Used words turn gray.

Reference: haben conjugation, tenses and meanings

The verb

haben means to have. It is also the helper for the perfect tense of most verbs (ich habe gemacht), and it appears in many fixed phrases: Hunger haben, Angst haben, recht haben.

  • Slightly irregular: du hast, er hat (the b drops out).
  • Past: hatte. In speech hatte is normal; hat gehabt is rare.
  • Helper for most perfects: ich habe gelesen, er hat gesagt.
  • Forms you will meet: hat, hatte, hast, habt, hätte, Hab!, zu haben ...
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Conjugation

PresentPastPerfect
ichhabehattehabe gehabt
duhasthattesthast gehabt
er / sie / eshathattehat gehabt
wirhabenhattenhaben gehabt
ihrhabthattethabt gehabt
sie / Siehabenhattenhaben gehabt

Commands: Hab! (to one person) · Habt! (to several) · Haben Sie! (polite)

The done form (Partizip II) is gehabt.

Look-alikes: haben is wir and sie / Sie; habt is ihr; hatte is ich and er / sie / es in the past.

Tenses

Ich habe Zeit.
Present: I have time.
Ich hatte Zeit.
Past: I had time (the usual past).
Ich habe Zeit gehabt.
Perfect: I have had time (rare).
Ich werde Zeit haben.
Future: I will have time.
Ich hätte Zeit.
Imagined: I would have time.
Ich hätte Zeit gehabt.
Imagined past: I would have had time.

Word order

Sie hat einen Hund.
Statement: the verb is in second place.
Hast du Hunger?
Question: the verb is first.
Ich weiß nicht, ob er Zeit hat.
After ob / dass / weil: hat goes to the end.
Es ist schön, Zeit zu haben.
zu and haben sit together at the end.
Ich habe das Buch gelesen.
As a helper: habe is second, the participle at the end.
Ich wusste nicht, dass du keine Zeit hattest.
After dass: hattest at the end.
In long sentences, find the helper near the front and the verb at the end of that part. Extra information between commas can wait.

Meanings

Ich habe einen Bruder.
Own or have.
Hast du Hunger? Durst? Angst?
Feelings with haben (not sein).
Ich habe Lust / keine Lust.
To feel like it.
Du hast recht.
You are right.
Ich habe morgen frei.
I have the day off tomorrow.
Was hast du?
What is the matter?
Hab keine Angst!
Don't be afraid!
Learn it together with its partner words. The partner decides the meaning.
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