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Am Wochenende malen wir im Park.
At the weekend we paint in the park.
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es malt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es malte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gemalt 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 | male | malte | habe gemalt |
| du | malst | maltest | hast gemalt |
| er/sie/es | malt | malte | hat gemalt |
| wir | malen | malten | haben gemalt |
| ihr | malt | maltet | habt gemalt |
| sie/Sie | malen | malten | haben gemalt |
- 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 gemalt | werde malen | werde gemalt haben |
| du | hattest gemalt | wirst malen | wirst gemalt haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gemalt | wird malen | wird gemalt haben |
| wir | hatten gemalt | werden malen | werden gemalt haben |
| ihr | hattet gemalt | werdet malen | werdet gemalt haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gemalt | werden malen | werden gemalt 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 | malte |
| du | maltest |
| er/sie/es | malte |
| wir | malten |
| ihr | maltet |
| sie/Sie | malten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde malen.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | mal! |
| ihr | malt! |
| Sie | malen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
mal root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
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