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Worüber lacht ihr?
What are you laughing about?
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es lacht What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es lachte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gelacht 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 | lache | lachte | habe gelacht |
| du | lachst | lachtest | hast gelacht |
| er/sie/es | lacht | lachte | hat gelacht |
| wir | lachen | lachten | haben gelacht |
| ihr | lacht | lachtet | habt gelacht |
| sie/Sie | lachen | lachten | haben gelacht |
- 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 gelacht | werde lachen | werde gelacht haben |
| du | hattest gelacht | wirst lachen | wirst gelacht haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gelacht | wird lachen | wird gelacht haben |
| wir | hatten gelacht | werden lachen | werden gelacht haben |
| ihr | hattet gelacht | werdet lachen | werdet gelacht haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gelacht | werden lachen | werden gelacht 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 | lachte |
| du | lachtest |
| er/sie/es | lachte |
| wir | lachten |
| ihr | lachtet |
| sie/Sie | lachten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde lachen.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | lach! |
| ihr | lacht! |
| Sie | lachen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
lach root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
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