A2Grammar
Er sagte, er habe den Brief gelesen.
He said he had read the letter.
In German
Er sagte, er habe den Brief gelesen.
Er sag-tuh, er hah-buh den breef guh-leh-zen.
🇬🇧 English
He said he had read the letter.
🇪🇸 Español
Dijo que había leído la carta.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Ha detto di aver letto la lettera.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Er | He | Pronoun |
| sagte | said | Verb (Past tense of sagen) |
| , | Punctuation | |
| er | he | Pronoun |
| habe | had | Auxiliary verb (Konjunktiv I of haben) |
| den | the | Article (Accusative masculine) |
| Brief | letter | Noun |
| gelesen | read | Participle II of lesen |
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Grammar Point
Konjunktiv I (Perfect) for indirect speech (past action)
Variations
Er teilte mit, er habe den Brief gelesen.
He communicated he had read the letter.
Er berichtete, dass er den Brief gelesen habe.
He reported that he had read the letter.