Compound past tense with hunn/sinn + past participle
Can describe past events using Perfekt with hunn/sinn
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
Ech hunn haut vill geschafft.
I worked a lot today.
Si ass gëschter komm.
She came yesterday.
Mir hunn ze Mëtteg giess.
We ate lunch.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
D'Vergaangenheet (Perfekt) gëtt mat hunn oder sinn + Partizip geformt:
| Hëllefsverb | Beispill | Partizip |
|---|---|---|
| hunn | Ech hunn giess. | giess (iessen) |
| hunn | Du hues geschafft. | geschafft (schaffen) |
| sinn | Hien ass gaangen. | gaangen (goen) |
| sinn | Si sinn komm. | komm (kommen) |
Reegel: Sinn gëtt mat Beweegungsverben (goen, kommen, fueren) an Zoustandsännerung (bleiwen, ginn) benotzt. All aner Verben: hunn.
Partizip: reegelméisseg: ge- + Stamm + -t (geschafft). Onreegelméisseg: gi- + Stamm oder ganz anescht (giess, gaangen, komm).
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesWrong auxiliary (hunn vs sinn)
Sinn for movement/change-of-state verbs (goen, kommen, fueren, bleiwen). Hunn for all others.
Wrong past participle form
Regular: ge- + stem + -t. Irregular verbs must be memorized: iessen→giess, goen→gaangen
Ech hunn haut vill geschafft.
I worked a lot today.
Hunn + geschafft (regular participle: ge- + schaff + -t).
Si ass gëschter komm.
She came yesterday.
Sinn for movement verbs. Komm = come (irregular participle, no ge-).
Mir hunn ze Mëtteg giess.
We ate lunch.
Giess is the irregular participle of iessen (to eat). Hunn as auxiliary.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises