Revision: simple past
Yara war in der Schweiz.
Nico hatte Probleme.
The simple past is a verb form used to express the past tense. It is predominantly used in written form, e.g. in newspaper articles and literature. The simple past forms of sein, haben and modal verbs are also used in spoken language.
Here again are the simple past forms of sein and haben.
sein:
Singular | |
1st person | ich war |
2nd person | du warst |
3rd person | er/sie/es war |
Plural | |
1st person | wir waren |
2nd person | ihr wart |
3rd person | sie waren |
Formal | Sie waren |
haben:
Singular: | |
1st person | ich hatte |
2nd person | du hattest |
3rd person | er/sie/es hatte |
Plural: | |
1st person | wir hatten |
2nd person | ihr hattet |
3rd person | sie hatten |
Formal: | Sie hatten |