Verb Conjugation In The Present Tense

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Verb Conjugation In The Present Tense Hobbies/Sports

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Verb Conjugation In The Present Tense. Hobbies/Sports. German Vs. English. In German there is only one form of the present tense: Schwimmen : ich schwimme In English there are 3 : I swim I am swimmin I do swim. Verb Conjugation for Regular Verbs. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Verb Conjugation In The Present Tense

Hobbies/Sports

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Verb Conjugation for Regular VerbsRule: The endings below apply to most verbs

except irregular verbs such as sein and haben but other verbs have other slight changes to them. Spielen is an example of a regular verb. Just take off the –en- and add the regular endings.

Spielen:

Subject Verb

Ich spiele

Du spielst

Er/sie/es spielt

Wir spielen

Ihr spielt

Sie spielen

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For verbs ending in –ern like dauern or –eln like klingeln you take off only the n not the en and add the endings.

Verbs ending in –den like baden or –ten like antworten keep their e before the du, er, sie, es and ihr endings e.g. Badest or Antwortet.

Some verbs get an Umlaut in the du and er, sie, es form.Such as halten: es hält.

Some verbs change their vowelsin the du and er, sie, es form. e.g. Helfen hilft.

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Irregular VerbsE.g. Sein, HabenThere aren’t any rules.You just have to learn them.E.g. Sein

Subject Verb

Ich bin

Du bist

Er/sie/es ist

Wir sind

Ihr seid

Sie sind

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