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Frida und Emil berlinern absichtlich, um Otti zum Lachen zu bringen.
Frida and Emil talk in Berlin dialect on purpose to make Otti laugh.
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es berlinert What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es berlinerte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat berlinert 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 | berlinere | berlinerte | habe berlinert |
| du | berlinerst | berlinertest | hast berlinert |
| er/sie/es | berlinert | berlinerte | hat berlinert |
| wir | berlinern | berlinerten | haben berlinert |
| ihr | berlinert | berlinertet | habt berlinert |
| sie/Sie | berlinern | berlinerten | haben berlinert |
- 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 berlinert | werde berlinern | werde berlinert haben |
| du | hattest berlinert | wirst berlinern | wirst berlinert haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte berlinert | wird berlinern | wird berlinert haben |
| wir | hatten berlinert | werden berlinern | werden berlinert haben |
| ihr | hattet berlinert | werdet berlinern | werdet berlinert haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten berlinert | werden berlinern | werden berlinert 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 | berlinerte |
| du | berlinertest |
| er/sie/es | berlinerte |
| wir | berlinerten |
| ihr | berlinertet |
| sie/Sie | berlinerten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde berlinern.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | berlinere! |
| ihr | berlinert! |
| Sie | berlinern Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
berlin root er suffix n ending
- -er
- a person or a tool that does something, masculine: mieten → der Vermieter (landlord).
- -n
- the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Otti and the dialects
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