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Verb overview
- 1. Weak (regular) and strong (irregular) Germanverbs: a summary Did you know… German has 170 irregular verbs. English has 283! Count yourself lucky being a native English speaker
- 3. Some verbs change their vowel in the du & er/sie/es forms, like: helfen(to help) hilfst, hilft lesen(to read) liest, liest geben(to give) gibst, gibt sprechen(to speak) sprichst, spricht sehen(to see) siehst, sieht nehmen(to take) nimmst, nimmt treffen(to meet) triffst, trifft
- 4. 3.Some verbs seem to have no rules about them! haben (to have) sein (to be) wissen (to know) ich weiß, du weißt, er/sie/es weiß
- 5. Note! For all verbs: the verb forms of wir (we) sie (they) Sie (you formal) are ALWAYS the same as the infinitive (the verb form you find in a dictionary) – except for sein.
- 6. The ihr (you plural) verb form is ALWAYS the infinitive minus the -en plus –t denken (to think)= ihr denkt treffen (to meet) = ihr trefft laufen (to run) = ihr lauft lesen (to read) = ihr lest
- 7. How can you tell if a verb is regular?Check a dictionary or verb list – if it isn’t in there, it’s regular!All irregular verbs are listed in your dictionary.