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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es fällt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es fiel The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es ist gefallen The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".
Phrases With This Word
- Es ist noch kein Meister vom Himmel gefallen No one is born a master
- ins Wort fallen to interrupt
Conjugation
The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | falle | fiel | bin gefallen |
| du | fällst | fielst | bist gefallen |
| er/sie/es | fällt | fiel | ist gefallen |
| wir | fallen | fielen | sind gefallen |
| ihr | fallt | fielt | seid gefallen |
| sie/Sie | fallen | fielen | sind gefallen |
- 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 | war gefallen | werde fallen | werde gefallen sein |
| du | warst gefallen | wirst fallen | wirst gefallen sein |
| er/sie/es | war gefallen | wird fallen | wird gefallen sein |
| wir | waren gefallen | werden fallen | werden gefallen sein |
| ihr | wart gefallen | werdet fallen | werdet gefallen sein |
| sie/Sie | waren gefallen | werden fallen | werden gefallen sein |
- 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 | fiele |
| du | fielest |
| er/sie/es | fiele |
| wir | fielen |
| ihr | fielet |
| sie/Sie | fielen |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | fall! |
| ihr | fallt! |
| Sie | fallen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
fall root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Emil on his bike
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