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: ''It would be annoying if they '''recognized''' us'' [English] | : ''It would be annoying if they '''recognized''' us'' [English] | ||
The perfect in West Germanic Languages such as English and German requires a past participle to be modified by either the verb "to be" or "to have": | An areal feature of some european languages is the [...] The perfect in West Germanic Languages such as English and German requires a past participle to be modified by either the verb "to be" or "to have": | ||
: ''ich bin ins Haus '''gewesen''''' [German] | : ''ich bin ins Haus '''gewesen''''' [German] | ||
: ''I have '''been''' in the house'' [English] | : ''I have '''been''' in the house'' [English] | ||
[...] | |||
: ''ich bin nach Hause gegangen'' | |||
: ''je suis allé à la maison'' | |||
[...] | |||
: ''als ob du auf der Flucht gewesen wärst'' | |||
: ''as if you had been on the run'' | |||
[...] | |||
: ''er lehnte es ab, sich zu der sogennanten Affäre zu beschreiben'' | |||
imperfect: I am running [action started but not halted, not necessarily intended to be completed] | |||
imperfective: I am running [action started but not halted, has yet to be completed] | |||
perfect: I have run [action started and halted, not necessarily completed] | |||
perfective: I have run [action started and completed] | |||