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Wir denken an dich!
We're thinking of you!
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es denkt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es dachte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gedacht 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 | denke | dachte | habe gedacht |
| du | denkst | dachtest | hast gedacht |
| er/sie/es | denkt | dachte | hat gedacht |
| wir | denken | dachten | haben gedacht |
| ihr | denkt | dachtet | habt gedacht |
| sie/Sie | denken | dachten | haben gedacht |
- 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 gedacht | werde denken | werde gedacht haben |
| du | hattest gedacht | wirst denken | wirst gedacht haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gedacht | wird denken | wird gedacht haben |
| wir | hatten gedacht | werden denken | werden gedacht haben |
| ihr | hattet gedacht | werdet denken | werdet gedacht haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gedacht | werden denken | werden gedacht 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 | dächte |
| du | dächtest |
| er/sie/es | dächte |
| wir | dächten |
| ihr | dächtet |
| sie/Sie | dächten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | denk! |
| ihr | denkt! |
| Sie | denken Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
denk root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Otti's day
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