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essen: haben or sein? Perfect tense: hat gegessen

In English: to eat · A1

The answer

In the Perfekt, essen takes: haben

Perfekt auxiliary
haben
Partizip II
gegessen
Perfekt
hat gegessen

Wortino stores one auxiliary per verb; some verbs can take both depending on the meaning.

Perfekt example

Wir haben bereits gegessen.

We've already eaten.

Tatoeba · Tamy · CC BY 2.0 FR
Habe ich es gegessen?

Did I eat it?

Tatoeba · landano · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wir haben schon gegessen.

We already ate.

Tatoeba · Tamy · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ich habe noch nichts gegessen.

I haven't eaten anything yet.

Tatoeba · landano · CC BY 2.0 FR
Du hast überhaupt nichts gegessen.

You haven't eaten anything at all.

Tatoeba · Tamy · CC BY 2.0 FR

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