German grammar
German Perfect Tense
The German perfect tense often uses haben or sein plus a past participle.
Examples
Ich habe Kaffee getrunken.
I drank coffee.
haben plus participle is common in speech.
Wir sind nach Hause gefahren.
We drove home.
motion verbs often use sein.
Lara hat die Antwort gelesen.
Lara read the answer.
gelesen is the past participle.
Common mistake
Trying to translate every English past tense with one German form.