#why worden
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Those are just different passive constructions, that are formed how they are formed because the Germans said so.
Can I ask how come you're following this textbook, is it for school or something you picked on your own?
Since based on your question history, I believe that you're still at level A, so passive is still quite a bit ahead of what you should be focusing on. In particular, you need a good grasp of all the tenses in the active mood before you can start putting them into passive forms. So if you have the choice, you'd benefit a lot more from focusing on the basics.
This book don't talk about worden earlier so I'm confused
Ok seems sein worden means "had been .....done
Or have been doing sth
ii know I do t have solid basic, thank you
So Tracey in case you are still confused
Werden is just like any other verb - it has a 'weak' and 'strong' past tense
You're used to the weak past tense (präteritum), i.e. Ich wurde, du wurdest, er wurde, usw.
There is also the strong past tense, which goes like this: Ich bin..... worden, du bist..... worden, usw.
Die Mauer wurde gebaut = Die Mauer ist gebaut worden
The only time you would see it with "werden" as such is:
Die Mauer hat/hatte/hätte gebaut werden können
But I wouldn't bother going there until C1 as a general rule of thumb
I don't think I've heard them called that. So I'll just clarify here: you mean Perfekt (or maybe past participle) and Präteritum, right?
Thank you all !