Re: Past Tenses in Western Europe

Am Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:20:28 +0100 schrieb Ruud Harmsen:

> 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"?

sure. Nothing wrong with that. It would be "Ich bin in der Kneipe gesessen"
in some regions.

Joachim
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