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Mastering Verbs in Present Tense

Learn how to conjugate German verbs in the present tense easily with this interactive presentation. Follow simple steps to form verb endings for different pronouns. Perfect resource for beginners! 8

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Mastering Verbs in Present Tense

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  1. You need to use your mouse to see this presentation © Heidi Behrens

  2. Verbs in the Present Tense

  3. A verb is a ‘doing word’ like ‘to play’ A verb you look up in the dictionary has an ‘en’ or ‘n’ ending and is called an ‘infinitive’, e.g. ‘wohnen’

  4. But how do I use this verb in the PRESENT TENSE? Simple! Just follow the 2 steps on the next slide!!!!

  5. Step 1: get rid off the INFINIVE ending: wohn en en en en Step 2: add the verb endings for ‘I’, ‘you’ etc. Ich wohn e

  6. wohn en Ich e du st (you – talking to a young person) (I) er t sie t es t (he) (she) (it)

  7. wohn en ihr t wir en (you – talking to young people) (we) Sie en Sie en sie en (you – talking to one adult) (you – talking to adults) (they)

  8. wohn en en (to live) Ich (I)du (you-talking to a young person)er/sie/es (he/she/it)ihr(you- talking to young people)wir (we)sie (they)Sie (you-talking to a stranger/strangers) wohnwohnwohnwohnwohnwohnwohn e st t t en en en

  9. Fine, but what if I want to talk about my friend or my sister? No problem. Have a look at this: Mein FreundMein BruderMein Vater ending ‘t’ Mein Bruder wohnt = er (he) = Meine FreundinMeine SchwesterMeine Mutter ending ‘t’ Meine Mutter wohnt = sie (she)= Meine Freundinund ich ending ‘en’ Meine Freundin und ich wohnen = wir (we)= Meine ElternMeine Freunde ending ‘en’ e.g. Meine Eltern wohnen = sie (they)=

  10. wohn en en (to live) Ich (I)du (you-talking to a young person)er/sie/es (he/she/it)ihr(you- talking to young people)wir (we)sie (they)Sie (you-talking to a stranger/strangers) wohnwohnwohnwohnwohnwohnwohn e st t t en en en

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