Re: Past Tenses in Western Europe

On 2005-11-13, Ruud Harmsen <realemailseesite13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:13:37 +0100: Joachim Pense
><spam-collector@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:
>
>>> 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.
>
> Yes, but in a related sequence of events, as in the original context?
> Is that possible? Sounds very unnatural to me.

It is possible, in some regions it's the only way you would say that.
It would be extremely unnatural to use the preterite in Austrian German as
well. So, yes, you'd say "Ich bin im Lokal gesessen". The only form you use
(in Vienna/Austria) - as some fellow writers mentioned - is the preterite
of "sein".

András
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