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created: 2022-01-20 13:09:31
modified: 2022-01-20 13:55:14
This note summarizes the use of the present tense in the German language.
Let's use the example lieben (to love):
We can see that to conjugate them correctly, we need to remove the -en ending from the dictionary form and replace it with the right ending depending on the pronoun:
| Pronoun | Ending |
|---|---|
| Ich | -e |
| du | -st |
| er/sie/es | -t |
| wir | -en |
| ihr | -t |
| sie/Sie | -en |
s out, because it makes it ambiguouss before the t when using sie/er/es (the s is strong)s when the verb stem ends in s
Example with küssen (to kiss):t: add and -e- when needed
Example with warten (to wait):Sometimes, when a verb contains a or e, in its conjugated form for the pronouns du and er/sie/es, these vowels get shifted:
a äe i or ieThis does not apply to ihr.
schlafen (to sleep):
geben (to give):
Prefixes can change the meaning of a verb
In this group, the prefix goes to the end of the phrase when the action is the given verb.
In this case, the prefix stays with the verb. Non-separable prefixes do not have a meaning on their own.
These can change the meaning of the word based on if you use them in a separable or a non-separable manner (mixes rules and meanings).