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Other Examples
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Ich brate die Kartoffeln mit Zwiebeln.
I fry the potatoes with onions.
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Meine Eltern braten zu Weihnachten eine Gans.
My parents roast a goose at Christmas.
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es brät What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es briet The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gebraten 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 | brate | briet | habe gebraten |
| du | brätst | brietest | hast gebraten |
| er/sie/es | brät | briet | hat gebraten |
| wir | braten | brieten | haben gebraten |
| ihr | bratet | brietet | habt gebraten |
| sie/Sie | braten | brieten | haben gebraten |
- 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 gebraten | werde braten | werde gebraten haben |
| du | hattest gebraten | wirst braten | wirst gebraten haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gebraten | wird braten | wird gebraten haben |
| wir | hatten gebraten | werden braten | werden gebraten haben |
| ihr | hattet gebraten | werdet braten | werdet gebraten haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gebraten | werden braten | werden gebraten 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 | briete |
| du | brietest |
| er/sie/es | briete |
| wir | brieten |
| ihr | brietet |
| sie/Sie | brieten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | brate! |
| ihr | bratet! |
| Sie | braten Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
brat root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Bruno bakes a cake
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