Re: Past Tenses in Western Europe



Sat, 12 Nov 2005 23:32:58 +0100: Joachim Pense
<spam-collector@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

>>> Does it?
>>>
>>> "Ich saß in der Kneipe
>>
>> Decidedly northern. I think many southerners would cringe at this.
>
>I'd cringe for sure

OK, most of my practical experience with spoken German is from
Paderborn and Berlin.
But what do you replace it with in standard/southern then? "Ich habe
in der Kneipe gesessen"?

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