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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es liegt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es lag The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gelegen 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 | liege | lag | habe gelegen |
| du | liegst | lagst | hast gelegen |
| er/sie/es | liegt | lag | hat gelegen |
| wir | liegen | lagen | haben gelegen |
| ihr | liegt | lagt | habt gelegen |
| sie/Sie | liegen | lagen | haben gelegen |
- 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 gelegen | werde liegen | werde gelegen haben |
| du | hattest gelegen | wirst liegen | wirst gelegen haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gelegen | wird liegen | wird gelegen haben |
| wir | hatten gelegen | werden liegen | werden gelegen haben |
| ihr | hattet gelegen | werdet liegen | werdet gelegen haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gelegen | werden liegen | werden gelegen 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 | läge |
| du | lägst |
| er/sie/es | läge |
| wir | lägen |
| ihr | lägt |
| sie/Sie | lägen |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | lieg! |
| ihr | liegt! |
| Sie | liegen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
lieg root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Otti in the park
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