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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es fliegt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es flog The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es ist geflogen 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 | fliege | flog | bin geflogen |
| du | fliegst | flogst | bist geflogen |
| er/sie/es | fliegt | flog | ist geflogen |
| wir | fliegen | flogen | sind geflogen |
| ihr | fliegt | flogt | seid geflogen |
| sie/Sie | fliegen | flogen | sind geflogen |
- 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 geflogen | werde fliegen | werde geflogen sein |
| du | warst geflogen | wirst fliegen | wirst geflogen sein |
| er/sie/es | war geflogen | wird fliegen | wird geflogen sein |
| wir | waren geflogen | werden fliegen | werden geflogen sein |
| ihr | wart geflogen | werdet fliegen | werdet geflogen sein |
| sie/Sie | waren geflogen | werden fliegen | werden geflogen 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 | flöge |
| du | flögst |
| er/sie/es | flöge |
| wir | flögen |
| ihr | flögt |
| sie/Sie | flögen |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | flieg! |
| ihr | fliegt! |
| Sie | fliegen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
flieg root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Otti goes on holiday
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