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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es liefert What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es lieferte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat geliefert 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 | liefere | lieferte | habe geliefert |
| du | lieferst | liefertest | hast geliefert |
| er/sie/es | liefert | lieferte | hat geliefert |
| wir | liefern | lieferten | haben geliefert |
| ihr | liefert | liefertet | habt geliefert |
| sie/Sie | liefern | lieferten | haben geliefert |
- 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 geliefert | werde liefern | werde geliefert haben |
| du | hattest geliefert | wirst liefern | wirst geliefert haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte geliefert | wird liefern | wird geliefert haben |
| wir | hatten geliefert | werden liefern | werden geliefert haben |
| ihr | hattet geliefert | werdet liefern | werdet geliefert haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten geliefert | werden liefern | werden geliefert 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 | lieferte |
| du | liefertest |
| er/sie/es | lieferte |
| wir | lieferten |
| ihr | liefertet |
| sie/Sie | lieferten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde liefern.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | liefere! |
| ihr | liefert! |
| Sie | liefern Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
liefer root n ending
- -n
- the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Emil makes a complaint
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