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When you write a diary, which past tense do you use, present perfect (Perfekt) or past simple (Imperfekt)?
When you write a diary, which past tense do you use, present perfect (Perfekt) or past simple (Imperfekt)?
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I personally would use Perfekt tense (besides the usual expressions, like with haben/sein and modal verbs), but you could also use Präteritum. Since most people are more interested in speaking a language though, I'd definitely use the perfect tense since it's more complex and also the more frequently used tense in spoken German.
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I personally would use Perfekt tense (besides the usual expressions, like with haben/sein and modal verbs), but you could also use Präteritum. Since most people are more interested in speaking a language though, I'd definitely use the perfect tense since it's more complex and also the more frequently used tense in spoken German.
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Perfekt and Imperfekt/Präteritum:
"Liebes Tagebuch, heute habe ich X und Y gemacht. Wir waren in Z. Meine Freundinnen wollten unbedingt ABC, also habe ich zugestimmt."
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