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Hallo! Today we will be learning

how to conjugate

sentences in different tenses

in German!weite

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Review - Präsens Ich e Wir en

Du st Ihr t

Er/Sie/Es t Sie/sie en

Here is a table of how the pronouns are conjugated in the present tense.

We can remember these with the phrase, „Eastern Standard Time, Ten, Ten.“

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Review - Perfekt

PRONOUN HABEN SEIN

ich habe bin

du hast bist

er/sie/es hat ist

wir haben sind

ihr habt seid

Sie/sie haben sind

In this tense, we will have to use haben and sein as helping verbs as you will soon learn, so let‘s review how to conjugate them.

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Hurra! Let’s learn some German in the PRESENT

tense!!

Are you ready?!Ja! Nein! Quiz, bitte!

Präsens

Let‘s try forming sentences given a subject and a verb!

ich/haben du/machen wir/spielen

ich habe du machst wir spielen

We can see here how those endings from the review section really help out

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Präsens

Some verbs are sort of irregular.

du/tanzen er/lesen er/treffen

du tanzt er liest er trifftOFTEN, irregular forms come in the “er”

or “du” forms of words. Moving forward, these are things that just have to be

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Let’s try some practice questions!!

Conjugate in the präsens:Wo ______ du?

bist

bin

ist

sein

siest

A

B

C

D

E

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WUNDERBAR!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check your conjugation rules and your personal ending rules.

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Let’s try some practice questions!!

Conjugate in the präsens:Ihr ______ ins Kino.

geh

gehen

gehte

geht

gehst

A

B

C

D

E

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check your conjugation rules and your personal ending rules.

WUNDERBAR!!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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Perfekt

This is a form of past tense in German. It is used during conversation. Sometimes, it is referred to as the “conversational past”.

This form uses a helping verb.

HABEN or SEIN

Conjugate the helping verb for the subject.

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Perfekt

The ACTION verb will get kicked to theEND of the sentence.

The ACTION verb will also take on a past tense form called the “past participle”.

In English, we typically add –ed.

In German, we typically add a ge– prefix and a –t suffix.

This is for WEAK verbs.

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Perfekt

For STRONG verbs, some use the ge– prefix with the –en suffix.

These verbs sometimes have a vowel change, too.

Examples:Schießen geschossenSehen gesehenBeginnen begonnen

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PerfektMost verbs (weak and strong) use haben. SEIN is used to represent movement or change in state/condition. There are far fewer sein verbs than haben verbs, making it easier to memorize sein verbs.

HABEN

SEINHELPING VERB

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Perfekt

Special Rules:

1. Verbs with separable prefixes: ge– goes between prefix and action verb.

2. Verbs taken from other languages (verbs ending in –ieren) have NO ge– prefix.

3. There will be exceptions always, these you will just have to remember like you do in English!

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Here are some examples!!!

» Ich habe gemacht.» Wir haben geschlafen.» Du hast gekauft.» Ihr seid gegangen.» Er hat besucht.» Sie haben eingekauft. » Sie hat telefoniert.

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Let’s try some practice questions!!

Conjugate in the perfekt:Er ____ das Buch ______.

ist … gelesen

hat … gelest

ist … gelest

hat … gelesen

habt … gelesen

A

B

C

D

E

WUNDERBAR!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check your helping verbs and your personal ending rules. If you know your helping verb is correct, check your

past participle!!

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Let’s try some practice questions!!

Conjugate in the perfekt:Ich ____ Einkaufen _____.

bin … gegangen

habe … gegangen

bin … gegeht

bin … gegehen

habe … gegehen

A

B

C

D

E

WUNDERBAR!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check your helping verbs and your personal ending rules. If you know your helping verb is correct, check your

past participle!!

Versuchs nochmals

Imperfekt

IMPERFEKT is the written past tense.This is the tense used most often in

stories that are written down in books.

Here, we also have WEAK and STRONG verbs.

SPECIAL:* NO helping verbs**NO endings on the ich and er/sie/es forms.*

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Imperfekt

WEAK VERBS:drop the –en from the infinitive formadd –te suffixadd appropriate conjugated endings to the verb after the –te make sure it is pronounceable!!

Endings in g, d, or t need an extra –e– to say.

Example: arbeiten arbeitte arbeitete

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Imperfekt

1. VOWEL CHANGE!» The vowels change to make the imperfekt

form.» Examples:

» Beginnen begann» Bleiben blieb» Trinken trank» Schlafen schlief

» Add personal endings to the imperfekt forms.

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STRONG VERBS: 3 CATEGORIES

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Imperfekt

2. CONSONANT CHANGE!» The consonants will change to make

these forms.» Examples:

» Gehen ging» Haben hatte

» Add personal endings to the imperfekt forms.

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STRONG VERBS: 3 CATEGORIES

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Imperfekt

3. MIXED VERBS!» The consonants AND vowels change.» Examples:

» Denken dachte» Verbringen verbrachte» Kommen kam» Essen aß

» Add personal endings to the imperfekt forms.

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STRONG VERBS: 3 CATEGORIES

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Let’s try some practice questions!!

Conjugate in the imperfekt:Er ______.

schläft

schlafte

schlief

schlieft

schliefte

A

B

C

D

E

WUNDERBAR!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check what type of verb you are working with. Is it weak or strong? If it is

strong, which of the three categories does it belong to?

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Let’s try some practice questions!!

Conjugate in the imperfekt:Wir ______.

denkten

dachten

dachte

denkte

denken

A

B

C

D

E

WUNDERBAR!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check what type of verb you are working with. Is it weak or strong? If it is

strong, which of the three categories does it belong to?

Versuchs nochmals

Time For… Concept Review!

Präsens: Conjugations for pronounsE ST T EN T EN“Eastern Standard Time Ten Ten”

Perfekt: weak verbs: ge-STEM-tstrong verbs: ge-STEM-en (stem may change)-ieren verbs: STEM-tseparable verbs: prefix-ge-STEM-t/en

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Time For… Concept Review!

Imperfekt: Weak verbs: STEM-te

Strong verbs 1: vowel changebeginnen begann

Strong verbs 2: consonant changegehen ging

Strong verbs 3: mixed verbsdenken dachte

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Are You Ready For Your Quiz?!

JA!

Präsens

PerfektImperfe

kt

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Hauptmenü

Quiz!!!1. In the Präsens, how can we conjugate

sein for the following forms?

Ich bist ; Wir seid

Ich bin ; Wir sein

Ich bin ; Wir sind

Ich ist ; Wir sind

Ich bist ; Wir sein

A

B

C

D

E

WUNDERBAR!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check your conjugation rules and your personal ending rules.

Versuchs nochmals

Quiz!!!2. In the perfekt tense, how could be

correctly form this sentence: You danced.

Du bist getanzt.

Du bin getanzt.

Du habst getanzt.

Du hast getanzt.

Du hast getanzen.

A

B

C

D

E

WUNDERBAR!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check your helping verbs and your personal ending rules. If you know your helping verb is correct, check your

past participle!!

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Quiz!!!3. Fill in the verb that is correctly

conjugated.Ihr ______ Kekse _______.

habt … gemacht

seid … gemacht

habt … gemachen

seid … gemachen

hast … gemacht

A

B

C

D

E

WUNDERBAR!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check your helping verbs and your personal ending rules. If you know your helping verb is correct, check your

past participle!!

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Quiz!!!4. How could you correctly conjugate this to the

imperfekt of “gehen”?Wir _____.

ging

gingen

gehen

gehten

gingten

A

B

C

D

E

WUNDERBAR!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check what type of verb you are working with. Is it weak or strong? If it is

strong, which of the three categories does it belong to?

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Quiz!!!5. Conjugate the verb and fill in the blank correctly

with the imperfekt form.Du _______.

dachte

dachten

denkest

dachtest

denktest

A

B

C

D

E

WUNDERBAR!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check what type of verb you are working with. Is it weak or strong? If it is

strong, which of the three categories does it belong to?

Versuchs nochmals

Quiz!!!6. In Präsens, correctly conjugate the verb for

“to sleep”.

Er _______.

schlaf

schläft

schlaft

schlief

schlieft

A

B

C

D

E

WUNDERBAR!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check your conjugation rules and your personal ending rules.

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Quiz!!!7. In Präsens, correctly conjugate the verb for

“to dance”.

Du _______.

tanszt

tanzt

tanst

tanzest

tanest

A

B

C

D

E

WUNDERBAR!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check your conjugation rules and your personal ending rules.

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Quiz!!!8. Which sentence is conjugated correctly in

the perfekt tense?

Ihr sein gefahren.

Ihr sind gefahrt.

Ihr habt gefahren.

Ihr seid gefahren.

Ihr seid gefahrt.

A

B

C

D

E

WUNDERBAR!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check your helping verbs and your personal ending rules. If you know your helping verb is correct, check your

past participle!!

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Quiz!!!9. In imperfekt, which is conjugated

correctly?

Wir begannen.

Wir beginnt.

Wir begannten.

Wir begann.

Wir beginn.

A

B

C

D

E

WUNDERBAR!Good job on paying attention!You’re going to be fluent in no

time!!

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SO EIN MIST!That’s not quite right!

Go back and check what type of verb you are working with. Is it weak or strong? If it is

strong, which of the three categories does it belong to?

Versuchs nochmals

WAY TO GO!!You have completed the

program!

Pat yourself on the back and go buy yourself Lederhosen

or a Dirndl!!

You’re ready for Deutschland!Press escape to exit the lesson.