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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es betont What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es betonte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat betont 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 | betone | betonte | habe betont |
| du | betonst | betontest | hast betont |
| er/sie/es | betont | betonte | hat betont |
| wir | betonen | betonten | haben betont |
| ihr | betont | betontet | habt betont |
| sie/Sie | betonen | betonten | haben betont |
- 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 betont | werde betonen | werde betont haben |
| du | hattest betont | wirst betonen | wirst betont haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte betont | wird betonen | wird betont haben |
| wir | hatten betont | werden betonen | werden betont haben |
| ihr | hattet betont | werdet betonen | werdet betont haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten betont | werden betonen | werden betont 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 | betonte |
| du | betontest |
| er/sie/es | betonte |
| wir | betonten |
| ihr | betontet |
| sie/Sie | betonten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde betonen.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | beton! |
| ihr | betont! |
| Sie | betonen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
be prefix ton root en ending
- be-
- makes a verb take a direct object: zahlen (to pay) → die Rechnung bezahlen (to pay the bill).
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Otti and the dialects
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