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The present tense is regularly formed by adding the following endings to the stem:
| Conjugation of weak verbs |
Singular | Plural |
| First Person | -e (ich) |
-en (wir) |
| Second Person | -st, -est, -t (du, sie) |
-t, -et (ihr) |
| Third Person | -t, -et (er, sie, es) |
-en (sie, Sie) |
When stem ends in a sibilant (s, z, tz, ß, ss) only -t is added to the second person singular.
When stem ends in ( d, t, or consonant + n (except r + n)), then -est is added in the second person singular and -et is added in the third person sinular and in the second person plural.
You must memorize the above table--or give up now. This site will soon have lots of simple sentences to help you get used to seeing and reading all the conjugations shown above.
The above conjugation of the present tense if for regular verbs (weak verbs). In strong verbs, the stem vowels also change following 4 patterns (classes). Our study of the four classes of strong verbs begins on page 419v.
| German infinitive => | wählen | benutzen | warten |
| Verb stem of above => | wähl- | benutz- | wart- |
| English meaning => | to choose | to use | to wait |
| First Person Singular => | ich wähle | ||
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Interrog Form ----- Negative Form ----- Interrog. Negation form
As in the negative and interrogative forms, there is no construction in German corresponding to the English construction with "to do"; warte ich? do I wait?, ih warte nicht; I do not wait, warte ich nicht? do I not wait?
In German, the present frequently replaces the future, especially when futurity is indicated by an adverbial expresssion;
In German, the present is often used to express past action or condition continuing into the present; in such sentences the adverb "schon" (already) is used:
Conjugate in the present tense: finden, erreichen, more to be added.
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