Conjunctive I Past, Reported Speech - Konjunktiv I Vergangenheit, Indirekte Reder: ich sei gegangen, du seist gegangen, er sei gegangen, wir seien gegangen, ihr seit gegangen, sie seien gegangen - German Grammar - Deutsche Grammatik

Conjunctive I Past - Konjunktiv I Vergangenheit

The auxiliary verbs "haben > habe" - to have - and "sein > sei" - to be - are used to form the Conjunctive I Past - Konjunktiv I.

e.g. er habe gekauft - he has bought: Verb of non-movement

Subject	Auxiliary verb "haben" - to have	...	Past participle / Partizip II	Form / Tense	English
ich	habe	...	gekauft	Conjunctive I Past / Konjunktiv I Vergangenheit	I have been
du	hab(e)st	...	gekauft		you have been
er	habe	...	gekauft		he has been
sie	habe	...	gekauft		she has been
es	habe	...	gekauft		it has been
wir	haben	...	gekauft		we have been
ihr	hab(e)t	...	gekauft		you have been
sie (Pl.)	haben	...	gekauft		they have been
Sie (formal)	haben	...	gekauft		you have been

e.g. er sei gegangen - he has gone: Verb of movement

Subject	Auxiliary verb "sein" - to be	...	Past participle / Partizip II	Form / Tense	English
ich	sei	...	gegangen	Conjunctive I Past / Konjunktiv I Vergangenheit	I have gone
du	sei(e)st	...	gegangen		you have gone
er	sei	...	gegangen		he has gone
sie	sei	...	gegangen		she has gone
es	sei	...	gegangen		it has gone
wir	seien	...	gegangen		we have gone
ihr	sei(e)t	...	gegangen		you have gone
sie (Pl.)	seien	...	gegangen		they have gone
Sie (formal)	seien	...	gegangen		you have gone

Use of the Conjunctive I - Konjunktiv I:

Use and function of the reported speech:

The conjunctive I is to express what someone else has said and to express what has happened.
The conjunctive I past - Konjunktiv I Vergangenheit - expresses the past of the Conjunctive I Present / Konjunktiv I Gegenwart.

Formation of the conjunctive I:

For the formation of the conjunctive I, use the infinitive stem without the ending -en.

Afterwards, add the personal endings:

-e, -(e)st, -e, -en, -(e)t, -en
e.g. ich gehe, du geh(e)st, er/sie/es gehe, wir gehen, ihr geh(e)t, sie/Sie gehen - to go

Compare the present tense and the conjunctive I:

ich gehe, du gehst, er/sie/es geht, wir gehen, ihr geht, sie/Sie gehen - to go
If the form of the conjunctive I / Konjunktiv I and the present tense / Präsens are equal, the form of the conjunctive II / Konjunktiv II used to keep the a distinctive form.
e.g. ich ginge, du ging(e)st, er/sie/es ginge, wir gingen, ihr ging(e)t, sie/Sie gingen - would go
Here there are form which are the same as the ones of the preterit / Präteritum.
In this case, the substitute form "würde" + infinitive (would + infinitive) is used.

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