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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es reitet What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es ritt The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es ist geritten 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 | reite | ritt | bin geritten |
| du | reitest | rittest | bist geritten |
| er/sie/es | reitet | ritt | ist geritten |
| wir | reiten | ritten | sind geritten |
| ihr | reitet | rittet | seid geritten |
| sie/Sie | reiten | ritten | sind geritten |
- 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 geritten | werde reiten | werde geritten sein |
| du | warst geritten | wirst reiten | wirst geritten sein |
| er/sie/es | war geritten | wird reiten | wird geritten sein |
| wir | waren geritten | werden reiten | werden geritten sein |
| ihr | wart geritten | werdet reiten | werdet geritten sein |
| sie/Sie | waren geritten | werden reiten | werden geritten 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 | ritte |
| du | rittest |
| er/sie/es | ritte |
| wir | ritten |
| ihr | rittet |
| sie/Sie | ritten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | reite! |
| ihr | reitet! |
| Sie | reiten Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
reit root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
der Reiterdie Reiterinder Reitstall
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