The Imperfect Tense Year 10
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Use the imperfect tense in German when you want to say…
I did something
Ich machte etwas
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Use the imperfect tense in German when you want to say…
I did something
Ich machte etwas
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Example;
I played tennis.
Ich spielte Tennis.
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…or…
I have played tennis.
Ich spielte Tennis.
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…or…
I was playing tennis.
Ich spielte Tennis.
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It is used mainly in writing for...
NARRATIVE, REPORTS
and ACCOUNTS
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Write an Introduction to the Imperfect Tense…
• When is it used?• What are the English equivalents to ‘
Ich spielte Tennis’
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seinseinichich
du du
er/sie/eser/sie/es
SieSie
simple past of
wirwir
ihr ihr
siesie
Sie Sie
warwar
warstwarst
warwar
wartwart
warenwaren warenwaren
warenwaren
warenwaren
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habenhabenichich
du du
er/sie/eser/sie/es
SieSie
simple past of
wirwir
ihr ihr
siesie
SieSie
hattehatte
hattesthattest
hattehattehattethattet
hattenhatten hattenhatten
hattenhatten
hattenhatten
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Translate the following…
• I was old.• I had a cat.• I was happy.• They were sad.• He had money.• We had nothing.
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There are...
1) WEAK VERBS
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WEAK VERBS
To form the imperfect of weak verbs do this:• get the stem (usually just take the ‘-en’ off the end of the verb e.g. mach(en)• add ‘-t’ e.g.• add these endings e.g.
macht
ich machte
du machtest
er/sie/es machte
wir machten
ihr machtet
sie/Sie machten
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Complete these sentences in the Imperfect tense
• Ich ………Rugby. (spielen)• Du …….. deine Hausaufgaben. (machen)• Ich …….. Meine Oma. (besuchen)• Wir ……. Fahrkarten. (kaufen)• Er …… in einem kleinen Haus. (wohnen)• Ich ……. Musik. (hören)• Jens und Karl ……… Tennis. (spielen)
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2) STRONG VERBS
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STRONG VERBS
• STRONG verbs have the POWER to change the VOWEL and sometimes the CONSONANTS in the imperfect tense e.g.
helfen - es half
leiden - sie litt
To get the imperfect of strong verbs remember:
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STRONG VERBS
Strong verbs take the following set of endings on the changed stem:
ich nahm (no ending)
du nahmst
er/sie/es nahm (no ending)
wir nahmen
ihr nahmt
sie/Sie nahmen
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Write down the stem of these important strong verbs…
• fahren –• gehen-• sehen –• trinken-• geben-• fliegen-• schreiben-
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Translate these sentences into the Imperfect tense
• Ich …….nach Deutschland.(fahren)• Ich …..in die Stadt.(gehen)• Wir …..den Film.(sehen)• Der Mann …… Bier.(trinken)• Du ….. nach Italien.(fliegen)• Meine Schwester ….. mir ein
Geschenk. (geben)
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German Infinitive
German Imperfect Stem
English translation
vergessen
verlieren
helfen
begann
knew
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Complete the sentences…
• Ich …. (sein) Müde und ich …..(schlafen).
• Ich ….. meiner Mutter.(helfen)• Ich ….kein Geld. ( haben)• Der Polizist …… den Dieb. (sehen)• Er ….. meinen Geburtstag. (vergessen)• Ich ….. ‘ Guten Tag!’ ( sagen)• Ich ….. Ein neues T-Shirt.
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IRREGULAR (or mixed) VERBS
Some irregular STRONG verbs take the weak verb ending in the imperfect tense:
denken - ich dachte
Some irregular WEAK verbs change their vowel and sometimes consonant in the imperfect tense:
bringen - er brachte
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IRREGULAR (or mixed) VERBS
YOU JUST HAVE TO LEARN
THEM AS YOU GO ALONG!!
As this is quite confusing, there is only really one way of getting to know them properly…
(sorry!)