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I heard that present perfect tense (habe … ge-t) is often used instead of past tense (-te) .
Is it correct?
I heard that present perfect tense (habe … ge-t) is often used instead of past tense (-te) .
Is it correct?
Is it correct?
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Correct is just the past tense but when we speak we tend to say it in the present perfect
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