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Was fordert ihr eigentlich genau von uns?
What exactly are you asking of us?
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es fordert What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es forderte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gefordert 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 | fordere | forderte | habe gefordert |
| du | forderst | fordertest | hast gefordert |
| er/sie/es | fordert | forderte | hat gefordert |
| wir | fordern | forderten | haben gefordert |
| ihr | fordert | fordertet | habt gefordert |
| sie/Sie | fordern | forderten | haben gefordert |
- 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 gefordert | werde fordern | werde gefordert haben |
| du | hattest gefordert | wirst fordern | wirst gefordert haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gefordert | wird fordern | wird gefordert haben |
| wir | hatten gefordert | werden fordern | werden gefordert haben |
| ihr | hattet gefordert | werdet fordern | werdet gefordert haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gefordert | werden fordern | werden gefordert 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 | forderte |
| du | fordertest |
| er/sie/es | forderte |
| wir | forderten |
| ihr | fordertet |
| sie/Sie | forderten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde fordern.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | fordere! |
| ihr | fordert! |
| Sie | fordern Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
forder root n ending
- -n
- the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Otti asks for a pay rise
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