Also the past tense: ich war du warst er/sie/es war. Helps me with class tests, and has helped me with lessons on here. seid is for addressing multiple people that you know on an informal (familiar/friendly) basis - e.g. DEUTSCH: ENGLISH: ich war gewesen: I had been: du warst gewesen: you (familiar) had been: er war gewesen sie war gewesen es war gewesen: he had been she had been it had been: … wir waren ihr wart sie/Sie waren. **Edit: I am so sorry half my answer was so messed up cause I confused Sie/sindThat's an excellent answer but I'm definitely never letting you explain anything to my five year oldIn 99.998% of all cases, people will prefer to be called by honorifics and motion suffixes with matching genders, so New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast/r/German is a community focused on discussion related to learning the German language. In this German lesson you learn how to distinguish between 'seit' and 'seid', when to use which word and a trick how to memorize the difference! It is also a place to discuss the language at large and for the kinds of submissions that elaborate on the reasons why we're interested in German, where they're not geographically specific like /r/DE, /r/Austria or /r/Switzerland.

December 5, 2014. What is the difference between seid and sind?Feel free to just provide example sentences. AwesomePrussia5m.

wir sind gewesen: we were/have been: ihr seid gewesen: you (plural) were have been: sie sind gewesen: they were/have been: Sie sind gewesen: you (formal) were/have been: Past perfect tense - Plusquamperfekt. Sign in; Sign up; Question 123m. Like English "you", really, which is "you are" whether you are speaking to one person or many -- the verb depends only on the pronoun, not on the meaning (singular/pronoun) of … Hebrew English (US) French (France) Italian Portuguese (Brazil) Question about German. Setting your Language Level helps other users provide you with answers that aren't too complex or too simple. 27 Dec 2017. Sign up for premium, and you can play other user's audio/video answers. Sie (formal "you") always goes with sind, regardless of whether you are speaking to one person or many. (Mum and dad, you're whores.) The Language Level symbol shows a user's proficiency in the languages they're interested in.

Feel free to … sind is for addressing either one person or multiple people that you know a formal (unfamiliar) basis - e.g. I think So you would use the bist/seid for friends and family, and young children and the sind for addressing anyone using 'you' formally, as well as they/we.Du bist, ihr seid, sie/Sie sind are the forms with personal pronouns.

Synonym for seid Ihr seid = You (plural) are Wir sind/Sie sind = We are/They are. We actually have a song in German class, its that of which you posted. wir sind ihr seid sie/Sie sind. (Mum and dad, you're whores.) Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcutsNative (österreichisch). Enjoy your time on /r/German! The owner of it will not be notified. Herr Doktorin, Sie sind doch eine Hure.

thank you - very helpful!!! December 3, 2014 . December 3, 2014. :)Press J to jump to the feed.

beckyschmitt. Synonym for seid Ihr seid = You (plural) are Wir sind/Sie sind = We are/They are . Bitte und danke!I don't know if this help but are my notes.

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Can someone explain the difference like I'm five. Has difficulty understanding even short answers in this language.Can ask simple questions and can understand simple answers.Can ask all types of general questions and can understand longer answers. Proofreader, translator, editor.
Mutti und Vati, ihr seid doch Huren.