Key points about the present tense with seit
- The A preposition is a word such as ‘at’, ‘for’, ‘with’ or ‘from’ which is usually followed by a noun or pronoun. They are used to show where something is in place or time.seit can be used with the The present tense is used to talk about what is happening in current time. to indicate something which happened the past but is ongoing in the present.
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I have lived in Vienna for four years.
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Using the present tense + seit
The present tense + seit (for/since) is used to express how long something has been happening for. It indicates something which started in the past, but it is still ongoing.
seit is always followed by the The dative case refers to the indirect object in a sentence. The noun benefiting from the direct object..
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- I have had backache for three days.
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- We have lived in Germany for five years.
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