verstehen: haben or sein? Perfect tense: hat verstanden

In English: to understand · A1

The answer

In the Perfekt, verstehen takes: haben

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

Ich habe nichts verstanden.

I didn't understand anything.

Tatoeba · Espi · CC BY 2.0 FR

Hast du mich verstanden?

Did you understand me?

Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

Ich habe diesen Text verstanden.

I understood that text.

Tatoeba · Olya · CC BY 2.0 FR

Ich habe es nicht verstanden.

I didn't understand it.

Tatoeba · Adelpa · CC BY 2.0 FR

Was hast du nicht verstanden?

What didn't you understand?

Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

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