Conjugating Regular Verbs in the Present Tense Flashcards
Conjugating
To conjugate means to give the different forms of a verb depending on the subject. English only has two regular conjugations in the present tense, no ending and -s ending (I, you, we, they runvs.he/she/it runs). To conjugate regular verbs in German, remove the -en ending and add the following endings (* though some of these verbs require spelling changes in addition to adding these endings):
- e (ich)
- en (sie)
- st (du)
- t (sie)
- t (er)
- en (Sie)
antworten *
to answer
arbeiten
to work
beginnen
to begin
bekommen
to get
benutzen
to use
besuchen
to visit
bezahlen
to pay for
bleiben
to remain/stay
brauchen
to need
dauern
to last
denken
to think
entdecken
to discover
erfinden
to invent
ergänzen
to complete
erlauben
to permit
erzählen
to tell
essen *
to eat
finden
to find
fischen
to fish
fliegen
to fly
fragen
to ask
gehen
to go
gewinnen
to win
glauben
to believe/think
helfen *
to help
kaufen
to buy
kennen
to know (people)
kommen
to come
laufen *
to run
lehren
to teach
lernen
to learn
lieben
to love
liegen
to lay
machen
to make
passieren
to happen
rauchen
to smoke
reisen
to travel
rennen
to run
rufen
to call
sagen
to say
schlafen
to sleep
schreiben
to write
schwimmen
to swim
sehen *
to see
singen
to sing
sitzen *
to sit
sparen
to save (money)
stecken
to put
stehen
to stand
studieren
to study
suchen
to look for
tanzen
to dance
treffen *
to meet
trennen
to separate
trinken
to drink
verdienen
to earn (money)
vergessen
to forget
verlieren
to lose
versprechen
to promise
verstehen
to understand
warten
to wait
waschen *
to wash
winken
to wave
wischen
to wipe
wünschen
to wish/desire
ziehen
to move
Additional Info:
English has three ways of expressing the present tense, such as I run, I am running, I do run. All three of these tenses are translated as one tense in German (ich laufe.) However, you can addgeradeafter the verb to indicate the progressive form. Ich mache meine Hausaufgabencan be translated asI do my homework or I’m doing my homework. Ich mache gerade meine Hausaufgabenis translated asI’m doing my homework.