I divided the verb stem and ending for a better understanding:Įven though I told you 90% of the verbs in German are regular, there are more than 200 verbs that are irregular or so-called strong.Īgain some good news: You do not need to learn all 200+ irregular verbs for your daily life and conversation (phew). Here you can see an example table of lernen. Regular or weak verbs follow the regular conjugation also in the past tense and the Partizip 2, such as küssen (to kiss), lernen (to learn), arbeiten (to work).Īll you have to do is take the verb stem and add the present or simple past tense endings. Whoop whoop!īoth these facts will make our life much easier today and in the future.īut before I can teach you tips and tricks, I’ll give you a quick overview about conjugation. The other good news is: German does not have two present tenses like English, but only one. The good news is: 90% of verbs in German are regular. The conjugation of Futur II in Konjunktiv I is: Verb werden in subjunctive I present = Partizip II + the verb sein or haben in the infinitive.įutur II of Konjunktiv I exists but is not used.The irregularity of verbs refers to the Infinitiv, Präteritum and the Partizip 2 of the verbs. The verb werden in the subjunctive I present + the infinitive. The conjugation of Futur I in "Konjunktiv I" is: Verb sein or haben in the present of subjunctive I + Participle II. The Perfekt of "Konjunktiv I" is constructed like this: The conjugation of haben for Konjuktiv I is regular.The conjugation of the Konjunktiv I of the verb sein has many peculiarities in its stem: Sei is the 1st and 3rd person singular form (with the "-e" ending).
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Conjugation of auxiliary verbs "sein" and "haben" That stem change disappears in the subjunctive. Conjugation of irregular verbsĪs a reminder, strong verbs were the ones that changed their stem in the 2nd and 3rd person singular forms in the present indicative. For this reason, the only form that is always different is the 3rd person singular. Depending on the verb stem (for example, if the stem ends with -t, such as arbeiten), it is possible that the forms du and ihr also are the same as the indicative.
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You can see that the persons ich, wir and sie are the same as the Indikativ. Konjunktiv I exists in the following verb tenses:Īs an example, let's check out the verb malen (to paint):
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Hans: Ich bin 30 Jahre alt Hans: "I am 30 years old" (Direct speech) You can see this more clearly with a couple of examples: Indirect speech is when the narrator communicates what has been said by another person. Konjunktiv I is used primarily for indirect speech.