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GERMAN VERB

haben

to have

  • #2 most used
  • Mixed verb
  • Past participle: gehabt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I have
  2. du you have
  3. er, sie, es he/she has
  4. wir we have
  5. ihr you all have
  6. sie, Sie they have

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I had
  2. du you had
  3. er, sie, es he/she had
  4. wir we had
  5. ihr you all had
  6. sie, Sie they had

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have had
  2. du you have had
  3. er, sie, es he/she has had
  4. wir we have had
  5. ihr you all have had
  6. sie, Sie they have had

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will have
  2. du you will have
  3. er, sie, es he/she will have
  4. wir we will have
  5. ihr you all will have
  6. sie, Sie they will have

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would have
  2. du you would have
  3. er, sie, es he/she would have
  4. wir we would have
  5. ihr you all would have
  6. sie, Sie they would have

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du have!
  2. ihr have! (all of you)
  3. Sie have! (formal)

How to use haben

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Haben Sie einen Tisch für zwei Personen?

    Do you have a table for two?

  2. Simple past

    Wir hatten gestern leider keine Zeit.

    Unfortunately we had no time yesterday.

  3. Perfect

    Ich habe heute viel Glück gehabt.

    I was very lucky today.

  4. Future

    Morgen werde ich mehr Zeit haben.

    Tomorrow I'll have more time.

  5. Conditional

    Ich hätte gern ein Bier, bitte.

    I'd like a beer, please.

  6. Imperative

    Hab keine Angst, der Hund ist lieb.

    Don't be afraid, the dog is friendly.

Good to know

  • Haben says what you feel too: ich habe Hunger, ich habe Durst, ich habe Zeit.
  • Ich hätte gern is the polite way to order: ich hätte gern einen Kaffee.

Where you hear haben

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Beginner Level 1

  • Wir haben fünf Zimmer. We have five rooms.
  • Ich hatte zwei Koffer. I had two suitcases.
  • Morgen habe ich eine SIM-Karte. Tomorrow I'll have a SIM card.

German · Beginner Level 2

  • Wir haben fünf Zimmer. We have five rooms.
  • Ich hatte zwei Koffer. I had two suitcases.
  • Morgen habe ich eine SIM-Karte. Tomorrow I'll have a SIM card.

And 83 more lessons.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: mixed verb.