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Other Examples
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Ich lobe meine Schüler, wenn sie sich Mühe geben.
I praise my pupils when they make an effort.
The tinted words form a set phrase: sich Mühe geben
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Die Gäste loben Kalles Pilzsuppe.
The guests praise Kalle's mushroom soup.
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es lobt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es lobte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gelobt 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 | lobe | lobte | habe gelobt |
| du | lobst | lobtest | hast gelobt |
| er/sie/es | lobt | lobte | hat gelobt |
| wir | loben | lobten | haben gelobt |
| ihr | lobt | lobtet | habt gelobt |
| sie/Sie | loben | lobten | haben gelobt |
- 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 gelobt | werde loben | werde gelobt haben |
| du | hattest gelobt | wirst loben | wirst gelobt haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gelobt | wird loben | wird gelobt haben |
| wir | hatten gelobt | werden loben | werden gelobt haben |
| ihr | hattet gelobt | werdet loben | werdet gelobt haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gelobt | werden loben | werden gelobt 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 | lobte |
| du | lobtest |
| er/sie/es | lobte |
| wir | lobten |
| ihr | lobtet |
| sie/Sie | lobten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde loben.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | lob! |
| ihr | lobt! |
| Sie | loben Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
lob root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
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