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How to Say ‘I've read all the books twice.’ in German

Ich habe alle Bücher zweimal gelesen.

ikh HAH-beh AH-leh BUE-kher TSVY-mahl geh-LAY-zen

[ikh HAH-beh AH-leh BUE-kher TSVY-mahl geh-LAY-zen]

🇩🇪 In Germany: In everyday speech, Germans use this habe … gelesen form for almost all past events, not just recent ones.

Phrase Breakdown

Ich habe alle Bücher

ikh HAH-beh AH-leh BUE-kher

I have all the books

'Bücher' is the plural of 'Buch'. The 'ü' is said with rounded lips.

Example

Ich habe alle Filme gesehen.

I have seen all the movies.

Words in this phrase

Ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

habe

[HAH-beh]

have

Form of 'haben' used with 'ich'.

Example

Ich habe einen Plan.

I have a plan.

alle

[AH-leh]

all

Plural form of 'all', meaning every one of a group.

Example

Alle Freunde kommen.

All the friends are coming.

Bücher

[BUE-kher]

books

Plural of 'das Buch'; the vowel changes to ü.

Example

Ich kaufe neue Bücher.

I'm buying new books.

zweimal gelesen.

TSVY-mahl geh-LAY-zen

read twice.

'zweimal' means twice. 'z' is pronounced 'ts'. The participle closes the sentence.

Example

Ich war zweimal da.

I was there twice.

Words in this phrase

zweimal

[TSVY-mahl]

twice

Means 'two times'; from 'zwei' plus '-mal'.

Example

Ich esse zweimal am Tag.

I eat twice a day.

gelesen

[geh-LAY-zen]

read (past participle)

Past participle of 'lesen', used with 'haben' for the perfect tense.

Example

Hast du das schon gelesen?

Have you already read that?

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