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Title: German Verbs Present Tense


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German Verbs Present Tense
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Infinitives
  • The original dictionary form of the verb.
  • German infinitives end in n or en
  • English infinitives are marked with the word to
    before the verbe.g. to play

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Formation of the Present Tense
  • First remove the n or en of the infinitive
  • Add the following endings to the root
  • -e -en
  • -st -t
  • -t -en

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Example spielen to play
  • Infinitive spielen
  • Root spiel-
  • Present Tense conjugation
  • Ich spiele Wir spielen
  • Du spielst Ihr spielt
  • Er/sie/es spielt Sie/sie spielen

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Irregular Verbs
  • The following verbs are more commonly used verbs
    that do not follow the pattern of cojugation
  • Sein, haben, fahren, lesen, laufen, sehen,
    wollen, mögen, wissen, essen, nehmen,
  • brechen, sprechen, geben, fangen, können

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Haben und sein
  • Haben- to have, possess
  • Ich habe wir haben
  • Du hast ihr habt
  • Er/sie/es hat Sie/sie haben
  • Sein- to be
  • Ich bin wir sind
  • Du bist ihr seid
  • Er/sie/es ist Sie/sie sind

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Meanings of the Present Tense
  • The one present tense in German expresses the
    several ways we convey the present tense in
    English
  • Ich spiele I play, I am playing, I do play.
  • Ich höre I listen, I am listening, I do listen.

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Negation of the Present Tense
  • To negate a sentence in the present tense in
    English add a nicht at the end of the sentence
  • Wir spielen heute Fussball nicht.
  • We arent playing soccer today.
  • We dont play soccer today.
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