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[kittydesade]

Verbs that take sein in the present perfect must
1. be intransitive verbs and
2. indicate a change in condition or a motion to or from a place

aufstehen - aufgestanden
fahren - gefahren
fliegen - geflogen
gehen - gegangen
kommen - gekommen
laufen - gelaufen
schwimmen - geschwommen
wandern - gewandern
werden - geworden

The verbs bleiben and sein require sein as an auxiliary in the present perfect even though they do not fill the second requirement. The simple past tense of sein is used more commonly than the present perfect.

1. LIANE: Bist du nach Österreich gefahren Tim?
TIM: Nein, ich bin auch in den Ferien zu Hause geblieben.
2. HERR LEHMANN: Sind Müllers auch schwimmen gegangen?
FRAU LEHMANN: Ja, aber sie ist erst später gekommen.
3. MUTTI: Warum seid ihr nicht schwimmen gegangen?
KINDER: Es ist zu kalt geworden.
4. INA: Bist du auch in den Ferien jeden Tag so früh aufgestanden?
STEFFI: Ja, ich bin mit meinem Hund im Park gelaufen.

I think for the rest of the week it will have to be going over all of these.


Dammit, brain, stop trying to make jewelry out of guitar picks. Just because you now have magic rock fairies running through your head doesn't mean you have to make jewelry out of guitar picks.

Ooof. Going home a little bit early, curling up with the guitar and clearing my head for a bit. Then cooking, Japanese, and writing, but boy my head is a jumble. I suspect I know why; knowing why doesn't make it any better. And it's not even the productive jumble. It's the jumble where all the thoughts are having a party in the distance without me. I can see this party but I can't take advantage of it. I think I prefer the ten different thoughts running in different directions at once jumble. At least then I could write things down and take them in order once I'd yoga'd myself out of chaos again.

Still kind of amused that, out of all the authors coming to Dragon*Con, not one of them is one of the ones I've made friends with on Twitter. Next year, they say. Most of them say. Which means I have until next year to get my ass in gear and, well, I'll be almost done with four years of Courtesan School holy shit. Um. Let's stop that thought right there.

In fact, let's stop right there and go curl up around the guitar and plink around, now that the power's back on.