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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es handelt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es handelte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gehandelt 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 | handle | handelte | habe gehandelt |
| du | handelst | handeltest | hast gehandelt |
| er/sie/es | handelt | handelte | hat gehandelt |
| wir | handeln | handelten | haben gehandelt |
| ihr | handelt | handeltet | habt gehandelt |
| sie/Sie | handeln | handelten | haben gehandelt |
- 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 gehandelt | werde handeln | werde gehandelt haben |
| du | hattest gehandelt | wirst handeln | wirst gehandelt haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gehandelt | wird handeln | wird gehandelt haben |
| wir | hatten gehandelt | werden handeln | werden gehandelt haben |
| ihr | hattet gehandelt | werdet handeln | werdet gehandelt haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gehandelt | werden handeln | werden gehandelt 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 | handelte |
| du | handeltest |
| er/sie/es | handelte |
| wir | handelten |
| ihr | handeltet |
| sie/Sie | handelten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde handeln.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | handle! |
| ihr | handelt! |
| Sie | handeln Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
handel root n ending
- -n
- the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Otti at the flea market
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