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TUN: Conjugated in All Tenses

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The German verb tun (to do) conjugated in all its tenses and moods

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TUN
Simple Past Tense - Imperfekt

DEUTSCH ENGLISH
SINGULAR
ich tat I did
du tatest you did
er tat
sie tat
es tat
he did
she did
it did
PLURAL
wir taten we did
ihr tatet you (guys) did
sie taten they did
Sie taten you did

TUN
Compound Past Tense (Pres. Perfect) - Perfekt

DEUTSCH ENGLISH
SINGULAR
ich habe getan I have done
I did
du hast getan you have done
you did
er hat getan
 
sie hat getan
 
es hat getan
he has done
he did
she has done
she did
it has done
it did
PLURAL
wir haben getan we have done
we did
ihr habt getan you (guys) have done
you did
sie haben getan they have done
they did
Sie haben getan you have done
you did

TUN
Past Perfect Tense - Plusquamperfekt

DEUTSCH ENGLISH
SINGULAR
ich hatte getan I had done
du hattest getan you had done
er hatte getan
sie hatte getan
es hatte getan
he had done
she had done
it had done
PLURAL
wir hatten getan we had done
ihr hattet getan you (guys) had done
sie hatten getan they had done
Sie hatten getan you had done
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