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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es legt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es legte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gelegt The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".
Phrases With This Word
- auf die hohe Kante legen to put money aside
- den Finger in die Wunde legen to touch a sore spot
Conjugation
The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | lege | legte | habe gelegt |
| du | legst | legtest | hast gelegt |
| er/sie/es | legt | legte | hat gelegt |
| wir | legen | legten | haben gelegt |
| ihr | legt | legtet | habt gelegt |
| sie/Sie | legen | legten | haben gelegt |
- 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 gelegt | werde legen | werde gelegt haben |
| du | hattest gelegt | wirst legen | wirst gelegt haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gelegt | wird legen | wird gelegt haben |
| wir | hatten gelegt | werden legen | werden gelegt haben |
| ihr | hattet gelegt | werdet legen | werdet gelegt haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gelegt | werden legen | werden gelegt 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 | legte |
| du | legtest |
| er/sie/es | legte |
| wir | legten |
| ihr | legtet |
| sie/Sie | legten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde legen.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | leg! |
| ihr | legt! |
| Sie | legen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
leg root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Kalle at the lake
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