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Achtest du eigentlich auf deinen Schlaf?
Do you actually pay attention to your sleep?
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es achtet What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es achtete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat geachtet The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".
Phrases With This Word
- auf die Gesundheit achten to look after one's health
Conjugation
The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | achte | achtete | habe geachtet |
| du | achtest | achtetest | hast geachtet |
| er/sie/es | achtet | achtete | hat geachtet |
| wir | achten | achteten | haben geachtet |
| ihr | achtet | achtetet | habt geachtet |
| sie/Sie | achten | achteten | haben geachtet |
- Präsens
- What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
- Präteritum
- The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfekt
- The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
| Person | Plusquamperfekt | Futur I | Futur II |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte geachtet | werde achten | werde geachtet haben |
| du | hattest geachtet | wirst achten | wirst geachtet haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte geachtet | wird achten | wird geachtet haben |
| wir | hatten geachtet | werden achten | werden geachtet haben |
| ihr | hattet geachtet | werdet achten | werdet geachtet haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten geachtet | werden achten | werden geachtet haben |
- Plusquamperfekt
- What had happened before another moment in the past.
- Futur I
- Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
- Futur II
- What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
| Person | Konjunktiv II |
|---|---|
| ich | achtete |
| du | achtetest |
| er/sie/es | achtete |
| wir | achteten |
| ihr | achtetet |
| sie/Sie | achteten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde achten.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | achte! |
| ihr | achtet! |
| Sie | achten Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
acht root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Kalle lives healthily
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