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Other Examples
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Ich rate dir, erst mal ein Wochenende in Hamburg zu verbringen.
I'd advise you to spend a weekend in Hamburg first.
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Wozu rätst du mir, Frida?
What would you advise me to do, Frida?
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Wir raten Otti, die Entscheidung nicht zu überstürzen.
We advise Otti not to rush the decision.
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Ihr ratet mir alle etwas anderes!
You're all advising me something different!
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es rät What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es riet The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat geraten 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 | rate | riet | habe geraten |
| du | rätst | rietest | hast geraten |
| er/sie/es | rät | riet | hat geraten |
| wir | raten | rieten | haben geraten |
| ihr | ratet | rietet | habt geraten |
| sie/Sie | raten | rieten | haben geraten |
- 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 geraten | werde raten | werde geraten haben |
| du | hattest geraten | wirst raten | wirst geraten haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte geraten | wird raten | wird geraten haben |
| wir | hatten geraten | werden raten | werden geraten haben |
| ihr | hattet geraten | werdet raten | werdet geraten haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten geraten | werden raten | werden geraten 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 | riete |
| du | rietest |
| er/sie/es | riete |
| wir | rieten |
| ihr | rietet |
| sie/Sie | rieten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | rate! |
| ihr | ratet! |
| Sie | raten Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
rat root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Should Otti move to Hamburg?
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