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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es gärt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es gor The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gegoren 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 | gäre | gor | habe gegoren |
| du | gärst | gorst | hast gegoren |
| er/sie/es | gärt | gor | hat gegoren |
| wir | gären | goren | haben gegoren |
| ihr | gärt | gort | habt gegoren |
| sie/Sie | gären | goren | haben gegoren |
- 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 gegoren | werde gären | werde gegoren haben |
| du | hattest gegoren | wirst gären | wirst gegoren haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gegoren | wird gären | wird gegoren haben |
| wir | hatten gegoren | werden gären | werden gegoren haben |
| ihr | hattet gegoren | werdet gären | werdet gegoren haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gegoren | werden gären | werden gegoren 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 | göre |
| du | görst |
| er/sie/es | göre |
| wir | gören |
| ihr | gört |
| sie/Sie | gören |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | gär! |
| ihr | gärt! |
| Sie | gären Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
gär root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Bruno and the art of fermentation
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