German Grammar Flashcards
How do you form the past participle of a regular german verb?
Add ge- to the front and add -t to the back after removing the ending.
What is a weak verb in german?
Verbs that never change their stems. They always end in -en in their infinitive.
How would you write out the verb spielen (to play) in the present tense?
ich spiele – I play
du spielst – you play
er spielt – he plays
sie spielt – she plays
es spielt – it plays
wir spielen – we play
ihr spielt – you play
Sie spielen – you play
sie spielen – they play
When you remove the -en from a weak verb and see that it ends in -d or -t what do you do?
Add -e- between the stem and the du, er and ihr endings
What are strong verbs?
Verbs which do not follow the weak pattern for a certain tense.
For Strong verbs which change in the du and er forms, what are the common changes?
Adding an i (like lesen -> du liest)
Adding umlauts (fahren -> du fährst)
Swap e for i (vergessen -> du vergisst)
What is a reflexive verb?
A verb where the subject is the same as the object.
How do you form the future?
Personal pronoun + conjugated werden + infinitive
Conjugate Werden
Werde
Wirst
wird
werden
werdet
werden
What is the imperfect tense?
A version of the past tense that uses only one form
List the imperfect tense regular endings?
-te
-test
-te
-ten
-tet
-ten
-ten
List the modal verbs
müssen, können, wollen, sollen, dürfen, mögen
When do you not need to add adjective endings?
When the adjective comes after the verb and is seperated by a form of sein
