Like English, are there any tenses in German language?

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Yes, Like English German also has tenses such as Present tense, perfect tense, past tense and future tense. But in German, for speaking we mostly use perfect tense which is used to tell past instances as well and while writing we usually use past tense along with perfect tense.
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Yes, of course there are! The same tenses as in English. Two examples: Regular verb: reden (to talk), redete, geredet (pressent, past, perfect). Ich (I) rede, ich redete, ich habe geredet. The example for an irregular verb: gehen (to go), ging, gegangen. Ich gehe, ich ging, ich bin gegangen. For the...
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Yes, of course there are! The same tenses as in English. Two examples: Regular verb: reden (to talk), redete, geredet (pressent, past, perfect). Ich (I) rede, ich redete, ich habe geredet. The example for an irregular verb: gehen (to go), ging, gegangen. Ich gehe, ich ging, ich bin gegangen. For the perfect you sometimes have to use additionally a form of "haben" (to have) or "sein" (to be). For both of the futures you also use the present or the perfect form together with a form of "to be". :-) Alex the Native German Teacher read less
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Yes totally 6 tenses
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