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Die Großeltern erinnern sich gern an früher.
The grandparents like remembering the old days.
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es erinnert What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es erinnerte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat erinnert 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 | erinnere | erinnerte | habe erinnert |
| du | erinnerst | erinnertest | hast erinnert |
| er/sie/es | erinnert | erinnerte | hat erinnert |
| wir | erinnern | erinnerten | haben erinnert |
| ihr | erinnert | erinnertet | habt erinnert |
| sie/Sie | erinnern | erinnerten | haben erinnert |
- 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 erinnert | werde erinnern | werde erinnert haben |
| du | hattest erinnert | wirst erinnern | wirst erinnert haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte erinnert | wird erinnern | wird erinnert haben |
| wir | hatten erinnert | werden erinnern | werden erinnert haben |
| ihr | hattet erinnert | werdet erinnern | werdet erinnert haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten erinnert | werden erinnern | werden erinnert 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 | erinnerte |
| du | erinnertest |
| er/sie/es | erinnerte |
| wir | erinnerten |
| ihr | erinnertet |
| sie/Sie | erinnerten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde erinnern.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | erinnere! |
| ihr | erinnert! |
| Sie | erinnern Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
er prefix inner root n ending
- er-
- reaching a result: erreichen (to reach), erklären (to explain).
- -n
- the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Frau Hilde remembers, Frau Hilde tells how Berlin changed
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