Breakdown of Er spielt sehr gut und hat oft Glück.
er
he
und
and
spielen
to play
oft
often
sehr
very
gut
good / well
haben
to have
das Glück
the luck
Questions & Answers about Er spielt sehr gut und hat oft Glück.
Why does the German sentence use hat instead of a word for "is"?
In English, we say someone "is lucky" using the verb "to be". But in German, you literally say someone "has luck" using the verb haben (to have) and the noun Glück (luck).
What is the base form of hat?
The base form (infinitive) is haben (to have). It is slightly irregular in the present tense: for er, sie, and es (he, she, it), it drops the "b" and becomes hat.
Why is there no er (he) before hat in the second half of the sentence?
Since the same person (er) is doing both actions, you don't need to repeat the pronoun after und (and). This works just like in English: "He plays well and is often lucky."
Why does oft come before Glück?
In German, adverbs that tell you how often something happens, like oft (often), usually come right after the verb and before the object. So it is structured as "has often luck" (hat oft Glück).
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