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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es zündet an What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es zündete an The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat angezündet 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 | zünde an | zündete an | habe angezündet |
| du | zündest an | zündetest an | hast angezündet |
| er/sie/es | zündet an | zündete an | hat angezündet |
| wir | zünden an | zündeten an | haben angezündet |
| ihr | zündet an | zündetet an | habt angezündet |
| sie/Sie | zünden an | zündeten an | haben angezündet |
- 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 angezündet | werde anzünden | werde angezündet haben |
| du | hattest angezündet | wirst anzünden | wirst angezündet haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte angezündet | wird anzünden | wird angezündet haben |
| wir | hatten angezündet | werden anzünden | werden angezündet haben |
| ihr | hattet angezündet | werdet anzünden | werdet angezündet haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten angezündet | werden anzünden | werden angezündet 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 | zündete an |
| du | zündetest an |
| er/sie/es | zündete an |
| wir | zündeten an |
| ihr | zündetet an |
| sie/Sie | zündeten 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 anzünden.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | zünde an! |
| ihr | zündet an! |
| Sie | zünden Sie an! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
an prefix zünd 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: Frau Hilde explains German customs
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