Verb paradigms Flashcards
What is the 1sg Present Tense ending?
-e, as in (sagen, anworten):
sage (I say; I am saying)
antworte (I answer; I am answering)
What is the 2sg Present Tense ending?
-(e)st, as in (sagen, anworten):
sagst (you say; you are saying)
antwortest (you answer; you are answering)
What is the 3sg Present Tense ending?
-(e)t, as in (sagen, anworten):
sagt (he/she/it says; he/she/it is saying)
antwortet (he/she/it answers; he/she/it is answering)
What is the 1pl Present Tense ending?
-en, as in (sagen, anworten):
sagen (we say; we are saying)
antworten (we answer; we are answering)
What is the 2pl Present Tense ending?
-(e)t, as in (sagen, anworten):
sagt (you say; you are saying)
antwortet (you answer; you are answering)
What is the 3pl/2formal Present Tense ending?
-en, as in (sagen, anworten):
sagen (they/you say; they/you are saying)
antworten (they/you answer; they/you are answering)
What is the 1sg Weak Simple Past Tense ending?
-(e)te, as in (spielen, antworten):
spielte (I played; I was playing)
antwortete (I answered; I was answering)
What is the 2sg Weak Simple Past Tense ending?
-(e)test, as in (spielen, antworten):
spieltest (you played; you were playing)
antwortetest (you answered; you were answering)
What is the 3sg Weak Simple Past Tense ending?
-(e)te, as in (spielen, antworten):
spielte (he/she/it played; he/she/it was playing)
antwortete (he/she/it answered; he/she/it was answering)
What is the 1pl Weak Simple Past Tense ending?
-(e)ten, as in (spielen, antworten):
spielten (we played; we were playing)
antworteten (we answered; we were answering)
What is the 2pl Weak Simple Past Tense ending?
-(e)tet, as in (spielen, antworten):
spieltet (you played; you were playing)
antwortetet (you answered; you were answering)
What is the 3pl/2formal Weak Simple Past Tense ending?
-(e)ten, as in (spielen, antworten):
spielten (they/you played; they/you were playing)
antworteten (they/you answered; they/you were answering)
What is the 1sg Strong Simple Past Tense ending?
There is no ending, as in (kommen, heißen):
kam (I came; I was coming)
heiß (I called; I was calling)
What is the 2sg Strong Simple Past Tense ending?
-st, as in (kommen, heißen):
kamst (you came; you were coming)
heißt (you called; you were calling)
What is the 3sg Strong Simple Past Tense ending?
There is no ending, as in (kommen, heißen):
kam (he/she/it came; he/she/it was coming)
heiß (he/she/it called; he/she/it was calling)
What is the 1pl Weak Simple Past Tense ending?
-en, as in (kommen, heißen):
kamen (we came; we were coming)
heißen (we called; we were calling)
What is the 2pl Weak Simple Past Tense ending?
-t, as in (kommen, heißen):
kamt (you came; you were coming)
heißt (you called; you were calling)
What is the 3pl/2formal Strong Simple Past Tense ending?
-en, as in (kommen, heißen):
kamen (they/you came; they/you were coming)
heißen (they/you called; they/you were calling)
What happens to the verbal ending -st (2sg) when it follows a noun that ends in a sibilant (-s-, -ß-, -tz-, -z-)?
The ‘s’ drops from the verbal ending: -st > -t
How is the present perfect constructed?
haben/sein (in present tense) + past participle
How is the past perfect constructed?
haben/sein (in past tense) + past participle
What types of German verbs always use haben as the auxiliary verb in the perfect tense?
Transitive verbs
What types of German verbs prefer sein as the auxiliary verb in the perfect tense?
Intransitive verbs, particularly when they indicate motion or state of being
For the perfect tense, most German verbs use which auxiliary verb?
haben
