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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es reist What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es reiste The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es ist gereist 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 | reise | reiste | bin gereist |
| du | reist | reistest | bist gereist |
| er/sie/es | reist | reiste | ist gereist |
| wir | reisen | reisten | sind gereist |
| ihr | reist | reistet | seid gereist |
| sie/Sie | reisen | reisten | sind gereist |
- 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 | war gereist | werde reisen | werde gereist sein |
| du | warst gereist | wirst reisen | wirst gereist sein |
| er/sie/es | war gereist | wird reisen | wird gereist sein |
| wir | waren gereist | werden reisen | werden gereist sein |
| ihr | wart gereist | werdet reisen | werdet gereist sein |
| sie/Sie | waren gereist | werden reisen | werden gereist sein |
- 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 | reiste |
| du | reistest |
| er/sie/es | reiste |
| wir | reisten |
| ihr | reistet |
| sie/Sie | reisten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde reisen.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | reis! |
| ihr | reist! |
| Sie | reisen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
reis root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
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