Perfect tense of irregular verbs
The most frequently used tense when talking about things that happened in the past is the perfect tense.
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The perfect tense is made up of two parts: haben or sein and the past participle (Partizip II) of the main verb.
Many common verbs are irregular, and you need to learn their past participle forms by heart.
Here are 20 common irregular verbs and their past participles to get you started:
Ich habe einen Kaffee getrunken.
Wir haben Mittag gegessen.
Hast du meinen Stift gesehen?
beginnen – begonnen
bleiben – geblieben
bringen – gebracht
denken – gedacht
essen – gegessen
fahren – gefahren
finden – gefunden
geben – gegeben
gehen – gegangen
helfen – geholfen
kommen – gekommen
lesen – gelesen
nehmen – genommen
schlafen – geschlafen
schreiben – geschrieben
sehen – gesehen
sprechen – gesprochen
treffen – getroffen
trinken – getrunken
wissen – gewusst
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
External Link: Partizip II: unregelmäßig.