Practise telling a story in the past. The Präteritum is used in written stories (Er fuhr nach Hause). The Plusquamperfekt, hatte/war + past participle, shows what happened even earlier, often after nachdem.
Practise telling a story in the past. The Präteritum is used in written stories (Er fuhr nach Hause). The Plusquamperfekt, hatte/war + past participle, shows what happened even earlier, often after nachdem.
fahren is irregular: the vowel changes in the Präteritum.
treffen is irregular.
nachdem + Plusquamperfekt. essen forms the Perfekt with haben.
ankommen is a verb of movement.
schreiben is irregular.
The Plusquamperfekt shows the earlier action.
wissen is a mixed verb: irregular stem, regular ending.
After hatte comes the past participle.
beginnen forms the Perfekt with haben.
nachdem needs an earlier tense than the main clause; the verb goes to the end.