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
| 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) |
| Film | movie | Noun |
| schon | already | Adverb |
| gesehen | seen | Participle 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.
Related
It would be better if you stayed home.
Es wäre besser, wenn du zu Hause bliebest.
Es veh-ruh bes-ser, ven doo tsoo how-zuh blee-best.
The company announced that prices would be increased.
Die Firma teilte mit, die Preise würden erhöht.
Dee fir-mah tail-tuh mit, dee prai-zuh vuer-den er-hoeht.
She asked when he would return.
Sie fragte, wann er zurückkäme.
Zee frahg-tuh, van er tsoo-ruek-keh-muh.