A2Grammar

Er sagte, er habe den Film schon gesehen.

He said he had already seen the movie.

In German

Er sagte, er habe den Film schon gesehen.

Er sag-tuh, er hah-buh den film shon ge-zeh-en.
🇬🇧 English
He said he had already seen the movie.
🇪🇸 Español
Dijo que ya había visto la película.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Ha detto di aver già visto il film.

Sentence Breakdown

WordTranslationRole
ErHePronoun
sagtesaidVerb (Past tense of sagen)
,Punctuation
erhePronoun
habehadAuxiliary verb (Konjunktiv I of haben)
dentheArticle (Accusative masculine)
FilmmovieNoun
schonalreadyAdverb
gesehenseenParticiple II of sehen
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Grammar Point

Konjunktiv I (Perfect) for indirect speech (past action)

Variations

Er berichtete, er habe den Film schon gesehen.
He reported he had already seen the movie.
Er sagte, dass er den Film schon gesehen habe.
He said that he had already seen the movie.

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