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Hello. How do you say "I wanted ..." in German? I know I can say "Ich wollte ...", but is there also a way of using the past tense of "möchten"? Thank you.
Hello. How do you say "I wanted ..." in German? I know I can say "Ich wollte ...", but is there also a way of using the past tense of "möchten"? Thank you.
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"Möchten" does not have past tense, so you need to use "wollen" in that case.
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