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An overview of basic german grammar rules and how to form each tense.

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Present Tense (Present Continuous)
Ich spiele Fußball – I play football (I am playing football)
Du spielst…
Er/sie/es spielt…
Wir spielen…
Ihr spielt…
Sie spielen…



Perfect Tense
-Haben + past participle
Ich habe Brot gegessen – I have eaten bread
Du bist nach Spanien gegangen
(sein + past participle if past action involved change of location/state




Imperfect Tense
-Imperfect version of verb
Ich spielte – I played
Du spieltest
Er/sie/es spielte
Wir spielten
Ihr spieltet
Sie spielten



Future Tense
-„Werden “+ infinitive
Ich werde später sterben – I will die later

, Pluperfect Tense

-Used to indicate that an action was completed before some other action in the past
-Needs imperfect tense of haben/sein and a past participle at the end


Ich hatte es geholt – I had fetched it
Wir waren nach München gereist – we had travelled to Munich




Subjunctive Tense – 2 Types

Konjunktiv I Konjunktiv II
-This tense is used to indicate that the words being -This is used when creating hypothetical situations OR
said may not be true (indirect/reported speech) expressing doubt over an idea
-Verbs in Konjunktiv I must be conjugated differently: -Verbs in Konjunktiv II form are conjugated differently
depending if they are regular or irregular verbs

ich spiele
du spielest
er/sie/es spiele Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs

wir spielen Make the verb into its 1. Take imperfect stem
imperfect form
ihr spielet 2. Add Konjunktiv I
e.g. ending
sie spielen
ich spielte 3. If there is a a/o/u
put an umlaut on it
du renntest
e.g.
ihr spracht
ich hätte

du könntest

wir dürften

, Conditional tense
-The Konjunktiv II tense is basically the conditional tense, used to create hypothetical
situations
-Need to know the „konjunktiv II” form of modal verbs (see Modal Verbs), sein, haben and
werden as these are most commonly used to form the conditional tense

Sein (Konjunktiv II) Werden (Konjunktiv II) Haben (Konjunktiv II)

ich wäre ich würde ich hätte

du wärst | wärest du würdest du hättest

er/sie/es wäre er/sie/es würde er/sie/es hätte

wir wären wir würden wir hätten

ihr wärt | wäret ihr würdet ihr hättet

sie wären sie würden sie hätten


z.B.
Ich wäre sehr glücklich – I would be very happy
Wenn ich viel Geld hätte… – If I had a lot of money…


-Every other verb has a konjunktive II form, but you don’t need to know them as long as
you know the konjunktiv II form of “werden” (which will be used as the auxiliary verb)
-The infinitive comes at the end of the sentence after using the konjunktiv II form of
werden


Ich würde liebe hier essen - I would rather eat here

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