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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es grillt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es grillte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gegrillt 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 | grille | grillte | habe gegrillt |
| du | grillst | grilltest | hast gegrillt |
| er/sie/es | grillt | grillte | hat gegrillt |
| wir | grillen | grillten | haben gegrillt |
| ihr | grillt | grilltet | habt gegrillt |
| sie/Sie | grillen | grillten | haben gegrillt |
- 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 gegrillt | werde grillen | werde gegrillt haben |
| du | hattest gegrillt | wirst grillen | wirst gegrillt haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gegrillt | wird grillen | wird gegrillt haben |
| wir | hatten gegrillt | werden grillen | werden gegrillt haben |
| ihr | hattet gegrillt | werdet grillen | werdet gegrillt haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gegrillt | werden grillen | werden gegrillt 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 | grillte |
| du | grilltest |
| er/sie/es | grillte |
| wir | grillten |
| ihr | grilltet |
| sie/Sie | grillten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde grillen.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | grill! |
| ihr | grillt! |
| Sie | grillen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
grill root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Bruno cooks for his friends
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