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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es liest What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es las The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gelesen The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".
Phrases With This Word
- zwischen den Zeilen lesen to read between the lines
Conjugation
The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | lese | las | habe gelesen |
| du | liest | lasest | hast gelesen |
| er/sie/es | liest | las | hat gelesen |
| wir | lesen | lasen | haben gelesen |
| ihr | lest | last | habt gelesen |
| sie/Sie | lesen | lasen | haben gelesen |
- 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 gelesen | werde lesen | werde gelesen haben |
| du | hattest gelesen | wirst lesen | wirst gelesen haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gelesen | wird lesen | wird gelesen haben |
| wir | hatten gelesen | werden lesen | werden gelesen haben |
| ihr | hattet gelesen | werdet lesen | werdet gelesen haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gelesen | werden lesen | werden gelesen 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 | läse |
| du | läsest |
| er/sie/es | läse |
| wir | läsen |
| ihr | läset |
| sie/Sie | läsen |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | lies! |
| ihr | lest! |
| Sie | lesen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
In Otti's situations: Otti does homework, Otti reads a letter, The friends start a book club
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