# Day 16: The German past tense: the ge- hug

An episode of [Day One German | Beginner News-Focused German Course](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647), 1 Jan 2026, 6:09.

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Episode sixteen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Final week. News is mostly about things that already happened, so today you learn to RECOGNISE the German past: haben plus a ge- word. You don't need to build it yet; you need to hear it. Plus war and peace, the vocabulary of the biggest stories. Today's sentence: Der Präsident hat gestern gesagt: Der Krieg ist vorbei. ▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework: https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/16 🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news: https://linguawire.com/german Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple. #LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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