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Was planst du für das Wochenende?
What are you planning for the weekend?
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es plant What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es plante The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat geplant 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 | plane | plante | habe geplant |
| du | planst | plantest | hast geplant |
| er/sie/es | plant | plante | hat geplant |
| wir | planen | planten | haben geplant |
| ihr | plant | plantet | habt geplant |
| sie/Sie | planen | planten | haben geplant |
- 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 geplant | werde planen | werde geplant haben |
| du | hattest geplant | wirst planen | wirst geplant haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte geplant | wird planen | wird geplant haben |
| wir | hatten geplant | werden planen | werden geplant haben |
| ihr | hattet geplant | werdet planen | werdet geplant haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten geplant | werden planen | werden geplant 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 | plante |
| du | plantest |
| er/sie/es | plante |
| wir | planten |
| ihr | plantet |
| sie/Sie | planten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde planen.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | plan! |
| ihr | plant! |
| Sie | planen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
plan root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Lotte books a holiday
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