95. To Be & to Have … Sein and Haben

95.  To Be & to Have …  Sein and Haben

The verbs to be [sein] and to have [haben] are the two most important verbs in any language . Because they are such frequently used verbs, they often tend to be irregular. This is the case in both English and German and we will look at these shortly but first ....

Answers to the quiz from the last post are ...

ein      Bruder;       eine     Schwester;      eine     Mutter;       ein    Vater;      

a  brother ,             a / one  sister,              a / one mother,      a father

eine  Tante;      ein   Onkel;     ein   Großvater;    eine   Großmutter
an aunty,          an uncle,         a grandfather ,       a grandmother

eine  Kusine,     ein   Kusin,      ein   Neffe,     eine   Nichte
a cousin (f),       a cousin (m),    a nephew,      a niece

To be (sein)
1 ich bin, 2 du bist,  3 er/sie/es  ist,  1 wir sind,  2  ihr seid,  2 Sie sind,  3  sie sind
1  I am,    2  you are,  3 he/she/it is,   1 we are     2  you are  2  you are   3  they are

To have (haben)
1 ich habe, 2 du hast, 3 er/sie/es hat,   1 wir haben, 2 ihr habt,   2 Sie haben,  3 sie haben
1 I have,  2 you have, 3 he/she/it has,  1 we have,    2 you have,  2 you have,   3 they have

Can you guess the meanings of the following sentences using these verbs? Choose from the adjectives listed below ...

1  Ich bin nervös ..............                            2  Bist du krank ................?
3  Heinz ist optimistisch ............….               4  Gudrun ist humorvoll .............
5  Wir sind sehr  traurig ...............                6  Seid ihr sarkastisch ..............?
7  Herr Müller, Sie sind so laut ................!  8  Gabi u. Fritz sind so unartig ................!
9  Das ist etwas komisch ...............             10  Thomas, warum bist du so müde ............... ?

naughty,   sick,   noisy,   sad,  nervous,  strange,  humorous,  tired,  optimistic, sarcastic

and a couple of sentences with haben ....  
  
1   Ich habe Hunger = .....................                  2  Hast du Durst ? = .................  
3   Klaus hat Angst vor Donner ....................    4  Tina hat Grippe .................   
5   Klaus hat heute Geburtstag...............

Clues ...  the flu,    a birthday,    is hungry,   is afraid of thunder,    is thirsty

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