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Old 06-12-2017, 11:37 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by mmat1 View Post
Sorry to contradict, but "has it started?" is past tense. A better translation is imo "do we start/go now?".
I'm sorry to contradict you. The English Present Perfect is used rather differently than the German Perfekt.
Since the Present Perfect often implies "up to now" it can be used to refer to present events that started in the past.
This explanation might make more sense to you, if add "yet" at the end of the sentence: "has it started yet?".
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