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Sie haben sich gerade verlobt.

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Analysis


Sie
     pron. you (polite; singular and plural)
     pron. she
     pron. it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine die)
     pron. he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine die)
     pron. they; them
     es
          pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun
          pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it
          art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das
haben
     v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses)
     v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
     v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
     v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
     v. to get (to receive)
     v. to have (to be scheduled to attend)
     v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
     v. to contain, be composed of, equal
     v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are
     v. to make a fuss
     v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into
     v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about
sich
     pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object).
     pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object).
gerade
     adj. (of a number) even
     adv. now, at the moment
     adv. just, a short while ago
     adv. just, only, not more than
     adv. exactly
     adv. expresses the continuous aspect
     adj. straight
verlobt
     Participle. past participle of verloben
     v. second-person plural present of verloben
     v. third-person singular present of verloben
     v. plural imperative of verloben
     verloben
          v. to betroth; to get engaged




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