6th July, 2009

Conjugation (present tense): mögen

posted 2 years ago

Today’s conjugation:

mögen = (to) like in the present tense (Gegenwart / Präsens)

ich mag

du magst

er / sie / es mag

wir mögen

ihr mögt

sie mögen


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27th May, 2009

Conjugation (simple past) : sein

posted 2 years ago

#conjugation

Today’s conjugation:

(to) be = sein in the simple past tense (einfache Vergangenheit / Präteritum)

ich war

du warst

er / sie / es war

wir waren

ihr wart

sie waren


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10th May, 2009

Regular and irregular verbs

posted 2 years ago

#grammar

When you learn German verbs, you’ll stumble upon two different kinds:

Irregular / strong verbs (unregelmäßige / starke Verben) are verbs, that change their stems in certain tenses - mostly the past tense. Sometimes the present tense is also affected. There are less than 200 irregular verbs in the German language, so mostly you’re lucky and come across regular / weak verbs (regelmäßige / schwache Verben).

Those follow a predictable and strict pattern in every tense. The tenses are formed by using the present infinite stem. What’s the stem of a verb then? Before I explain too much, let me give you a couple of examples:

Infinitive         Present        Simple Past        Past Participle

1. lieb-en        ich liebe       ich liebte           geliebt

2. hass-en      ich hasse      ich hasste          gehasst

Don’t pay too much attention to the tenses yet - I just wanted to make it clear what a verb stem is and how it affects the conjugation of regular verbs ;)

In dictionaries, you’ll find a list of all the irregular verbs. You can also find a list here. The GermanHeit twitter posts will always indicate whether a verb is irregular or regular when introducing one.


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1st May, 2009

Conjugation (present tense): haben

posted 2 years ago

#conjugation

Today’s conjugation:

(to) have = haben (irregular) in the present tense (Präsens/Gegenwart)

ich habe

du hast

er / sie / es hat

wir haben

ihr habt

sie haben


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