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-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":
+An areal feature of Standard Average Euroepan 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]
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 : ''I have '''been''' in the house'' [English]
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+What determines the use of "to be" or "to have" is the distinction between "motionless" and "motive" verbs, as seen in French and German:
+: ''je '''suis''' allé à la maison'' [French]
+: ''ich '''bin''' nach Hause gegangen'' [German]
-: ''ich bin nach Hause gegangen''
-: ''je suis allé à la maison''
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