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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es bietet an What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es bot an The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat angeboten The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".
Conjugation
The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | biete an | bot an | habe angeboten |
| du | bietest an | botest an | hast angeboten |
| er/sie/es | bietet an | bot an | hat angeboten |
| wir | bieten an | boten an | haben angeboten |
| ihr | bietet an | botet an | habt angeboten |
| sie/Sie | bieten an | boten an | haben angeboten |
- 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 angeboten | werde anbieten | werde angeboten haben |
| du | hattest angeboten | wirst anbieten | wirst angeboten haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte angeboten | wird anbieten | wird angeboten haben |
| wir | hatten angeboten | werden anbieten | werden angeboten haben |
| ihr | hattet angeboten | werdet anbieten | werdet angeboten haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten angeboten | werden anbieten | werden angeboten 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 | böte an |
| du | bötest an |
| er/sie/es | böte an |
| wir | böten an |
| ihr | bötet an |
| sie/Sie | böten an |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | biete an! |
| ihr | bietet an! |
| Sie | bieten Sie an! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
an prefix biet root en ending
- an-
- to, at, the start of something: ankommen (to arrive), anrufen (to call). Separable: Ich rufe dich an.
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: The friends help each other, Otti at the flea market
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