Simple Past of sein & haben
War and hatte — the Präteritum used even in everyday spoken German.
DeutschEnglish
ich war / du warst
I was / you were
er/sie war
he/she was
wir waren
we were
ich hatte / du hattest
I had / you had
er/sie hatte
he/she had
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