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Im Workshop werden wir angeleitet, schwierige Fragen ruhig und sachlich zu beantworten.
In the workshop we're shown how to answer difficult questions calmly and objectively.
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Erfahrene Kolleginnen leiteten die neuen Doktorandinnen im ersten Semester geduldig an.
Experienced colleagues patiently guided the new doctoral students in their first semester.
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es leitet an What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es leitete an The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat angeleitet 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 | leite an | leitete an | habe angeleitet |
| du | leitest an | leitetest an | hast angeleitet |
| er/sie/es | leitet an | leitete an | hat angeleitet |
| wir | leiten an | leiteten an | haben angeleitet |
| ihr | leitet an | leitetet an | habt angeleitet |
| sie/Sie | leiten an | leiteten an | haben angeleitet |
- 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 angeleitet | werde anleiten | werde angeleitet haben |
| du | hattest angeleitet | wirst anleiten | wirst angeleitet haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte angeleitet | wird anleiten | wird angeleitet haben |
| wir | hatten angeleitet | werden anleiten | werden angeleitet haben |
| ihr | hattet angeleitet | werdet anleiten | werdet angeleitet haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten angeleitet | werden anleiten | werden angeleitet 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 | leitete an |
| du | leitetest an |
| er/sie/es | leitete an |
| wir | leiteten an |
| ihr | leitetet an |
| sie/Sie | leiteten an |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde anleiten.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | leite an! |
| ihr | leitet an! |
| Sie | leiten Sie an! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
an prefix leit 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: Lotte teaches a seminar
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