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You need to use your mouse to see this presentation. © Heidi Behrens. Verbs in the. Present Tense. 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. ‘wohn en ’.
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Verbs in the Present Tense
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’
But how do I use this verb in the PRESENT TENSE? Simple! Just follow the 2 steps on the next slide!!!!
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
wohn en Ich e du st (you – talking to a young person) (I) er t sie t es t (he) (she) (it)
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)
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
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)=
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