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The imperfect tense Flashcards

1
Q

unlike the perfect tense, the imperfect tense is made up of ……….. word instead of ……….

A

one word instead of two, there is no past participle

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the imperfect of haben, which is irregular, is:

A

hatte (had)

ich hatte
du hattest
er/sie/es/man hatte
wir hatten
ihr hattet
Sie/sie hatten
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the imperfect of sein, which is irregular, is:

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war (was/were)

ich war
du warst
er/sie/es/man war
wir waren
ihr wart
Sie/sie waren
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Q

the imperfect form of ‘es gibt’ (there is/there are) is:

A

es gab (there was/there were)

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to form the imperfect tense of regular verbs, you must:

A

remove the infinitive and add the imperfect tense endings

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the imperfect tense endings are:

A 
ich  -TE
du   -TEST
er/sie/es/man  -TE
wir   -TEN
ihr   -TET
Sie/sie   -TEN
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to form the imperfect tense of irregular verbs you must:

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identify the irregular stem
some verbs have irregular endings.

the two kinds of irregular verb are those who have a change in stem, but have regular endings and those who usually change the stem and do not have the ‘-T’ in the ending, instead having the following endings:

ich  -(E)
du   -(E)ST
er/sie/es/man  -(E)
wir   -EN
ihr   -(E)T
Sie/sie   -EN
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conjugate wohnen (to live), which is regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich wohnte
du wohntest
er/sie/es/man wohnte
wir wohnten
ihr wohntet
Sie/sie wohnten
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conjugate sehen (to see) which is irregular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich sah
du sahst
er/sie/es/man sah
wir sahen
ihr saht
Sie/sie sahen
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conjugate farehn (to go) which is irregular in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich fuhr
du fuhrst
er/sie/es/man fuhr
wir fuhren
ihr fuhrt
Sie/sie fuhren
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conjugate wissen (to know) which is irregular in stem but has regular endings:

A 
ich wusste
du wusstest
er/sie/es/man wusste
wir wussten
ihr wusstet
Sie/sie wussten
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conjugate gehen (to go, walk) in the imperfect tense, it is irregular:

A 
ich ging
du gingst
er/sie/es/man ging
wir gingen
ihr gingt
Sie/sie gingen
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conjugate kommen (to come), which is iregular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich kam
du kamst
er/sie/es/man kam
wir kamen
ihr kamt
Sie/sie kamen
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conjugate bleiben (to stay), which is regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich blieb
du bliebst
er/sie/es/man blieb
wir blieben
ihr bliebt
Sie/sie blieben
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conjugate essen (to eat), which is regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich aß
du aßest
er/sie/es/man aß
wir aßen
ihr aßt
Sie/sie aßen
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conjugate trinken (to drink), which is regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich trank
du trankst
er/sie/es/man trank
wir tranken
ihr trankt
Sie/sie tranken
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conjugate lesen (to read), which is regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich las
du lasest
er/sie/es/man las
wir lasen
ihr last
Sie/sie lasen
18
Q

conjugate geben (to give), which is regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich gab
du gabst
er/sie/es/man gab
wir gaben
ihr gabt
Sie/sie gaben
19
Q

conjugate nehmen (to take), which is regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich nahm
du nahmst
er/sie/es/man nahm
wir nahmen
ihr nahmt
Sie/sie nahmen
20
Q

conjugate sprechen (to speak), which is regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich sprach
du sprachst
er/sie/es/man sprach
wir sprachen
ihr spracht
Sie/sie sprachen
21
Q

conjugate treffen (to meet), which is regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich traf
du trafst
er/sie/es/man traf
wir trafen
ihr traft
Sie/sie trafen
22
Q

conjugate schreiben (to write), which is regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich schrieb
du schriebst
er/sie/es/man schrieb
wir schrieben
ihr schriebt
Sie/sie schrieben
23
Q

conjugate kochen (to cook), which is regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich kochte
du kochtest
er/sie/es/man kochte
wir kochten
ihr kochtet
Sie/sie kochten
24
Q

conjugate kaufen (to shop), which is regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich kaufte
du kauftest
er/sie/es/man kaufte
wir kauften
ihr kauftet
Sie/sie kauften
25
Q

conjugate spielen (to play), which is regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich spielte
du splieltest
er/sie/es/man spielte
wir spielten
ihr spieltet
Sie/sie spielten
26
Q

conjugate machen (to do), which is regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich machte
du machtest
er/sie/es/man machte
wir machten
ihr machtet
Sie/sie machten
27
Q

conjugate arbeiten (to work), which is (almost) regular, in the imperfect tense:

A 
ich arbeitete
du arbeitetest
er/sie/es/man arbeitete
wir arbeiteten
ihr arbeitetet
Sie/sie arbeiteten

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