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Die Vergangenheit (simple past) Verben, die Sie bereits in der Vergangenheit kennen:

Die Vergangenheit (simple past) Verben, die Sie bereits in der Vergangenheit kennen: sein haben. “sein” follows an irregular (strong) simple past ending pattern, while “haben” follows a regular (weak) ending pattern. Compare the endings for the regular and irregular patterns:

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Die Vergangenheit (simple past) Verben, die Sie bereits in der Vergangenheit kennen:

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  1. Die Vergangenheit (simple past) Verben, die Sie bereits in der Vergangenheit kennen: sein haben

  2. “sein” follows an irregular (strong) simple past ending pattern, while “haben” follows a regular (weak) ending pattern. Compare the endings for the regular and irregular patterns: Irregular Regular ich --te du sttest er/sie/es --te wir enten ihr ttet sie/Sie enten

  3. What happens to the stem? The simple past verbs follow one of the two ending patterns above, but changes may also take place with the verb stem. As far as stem changes, there are three different possibilities: 1. no change at all  truly regular (weak) 2. slight change in stem, but still regular endings  semi-irregular 3. change in stem + irregular endings  truly irregular (strong)

  4. Beispiele Truly regular (weak): machen (stem: mach) ich machte wir machten du machtest ihr machtet er/sie/es machte sie/Sie machten

  5. Semi-irregular: stem change + reg. endings bringen (stem: bring) ich brachte wir brachten du brachtest ihr brachtet er/sie/es brachte sie/Sie brachten

  6. Truly irregular (strong): gehen (stem: geh) ich ging wir gingen du gingst ihr gingt er/sie/es ging sie/Sie gingen

  7. Regular, semi-irregular or irregular?Which category do the following verbs belong to and what is their simple past form? Verb Category Simple Past spielen regular spielte denken semi-irregular dachte fahren irregular fuhr schlafen irregular schlief zeigen regular zeigte ziehen irregular zog trinken irregular trank nennen semi-irregular nannte

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