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Sein and Haben: German "To Be" and "To Have" Conjugated

sein & haben

Before this lesson: make sure you've covered Regular Verbs first.

"Sein" (to be) and "haben" (to have) are the two most important verbs in German. They're both irregular, and you'll use them constantly — both on their own, and later to help build other tenses.

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Person	sein (to be)	haben (to have)
ich	bin	habe
du	bist	hast
er/sie/es	ist	hat
wir	sind	haben
ihr	seid	habt
sie/Sie	sind	haben

Memory trick: Memorize these two tables cold before anything else — nearly every German sentence eventually touches sein or haben.

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Sein and Haben: German "To Be" and "To Have" Conjugated

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