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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es gilt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es galt The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gegolten 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 | gelte | galt | habe gegolten |
| du | giltst | galtest | hast gegolten |
| er/sie/es | gilt | galt | hat gegolten |
| wir | gelten | galten | haben gegolten |
| ihr | geltet | galtet | habt gegolten |
| sie/Sie | gelten | galten | haben gegolten |
- 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 gegolten | werde gelten | werde gegolten haben |
| du | hattest gegolten | wirst gelten | wirst gegolten haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gegolten | wird gelten | wird gegolten haben |
| wir | hatten gegolten | werden gelten | werden gegolten haben |
| ihr | hattet gegolten | werdet gelten | werdet gegolten haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gegolten | werden gelten | werden gegolten 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 | gälte |
| du | gältest |
| er/sie/es | gälte |
| wir | gälten |
| ihr | gältet |
| sie/Sie | gälten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | gilt! |
| ihr | geltet! |
| Sie | gelten Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
gelt root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Otti signs the rental contract
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