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gratulieren: haben or sein? Perfect tense: hat gratuliert

In English: to congratulate · A2

The answer

In the Perfekt, gratulieren takes: haben

Perfekt auxiliary
haben
Partizip II
gratuliert
Perfekt
hat gratuliert

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

Perfekt example

Sie haben ihm alle gratuliert.

They all congratulated him.

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Meine Freunde haben mir zum Geburtstag gratuliert.

My friends wished me happy birthday.

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