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Irregular present tense verbs in German

Irregular present tense verbs in German. HOW NOT TO CRASH AND BURN!. Irregular. VERBS ARE. STEM. CHANGE. VERBS !. They are NOT. ENDING. CHANGE. VERBS. So. stem. +e. stem. +st. stem. +t. stem. +en. stem. +t. +en. stem. You still add the regular snap endings to the stem!.

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Irregular present tense verbs in German

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  1. Irregular present tense verbs in German HOW NOT TO CRASH AND BURN!

  2. Irregular VERBS ARE STEM CHANGE VERBS ! They are NOT ENDING CHANGE VERBS So...

  3. stem +e stem +st stem +t stem +en stem +t +en stem You still add the regular snap endings to the stem! ich du er/es/sie wir ihr Sie/sie

  4. but (Yes, I think you’ve guessed it!) sometimes the stem changes

  5. You should be asking yourself 3 questions now! But hopefully you don’t look like this! 1. When does the stem change? 2. What does the stem change to? 3. Which verbs are affected?

  6. Think! Think! When does the stem change? Only when you use: • The ‘du’ form • The ‘er/es/sie’ form

  7. What does the stem change to? There are three possible stem changes: a ä  e i  e ie 

  8. a ä 

  9. e i 

  10. e ie 

  11. Which verbs are affected? Thankfully there are more regular verbs than irregular Irregular verbs are listed at the back of any dictionary You should learn every irregular verb as you meet it Here are some common irregular verbs:

  12. fahren (to go/travel) laufen (to run) schlafen (to sleep) waschen (to wash) halten (to hold)

  13. essen (to eat) geben (to give) sprechen (to speak) sterben (to die) treffen (to meet) werfen [to throw)

  14. lesen (to read) sehen (to see)

  15. To be continued... Again?

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