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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es schadet What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es schadete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat geschadet 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 | schade | schadete | habe geschadet |
| du | schadest | schadetest | hast geschadet |
| er/sie/es | schadet | schadete | hat geschadet |
| wir | schaden | schadeten | haben geschadet |
| ihr | schadet | schadetet | habt geschadet |
| sie/Sie | schaden | schadeten | haben geschadet |
- 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 geschadet | werde schaden | werde geschadet haben |
| du | hattest geschadet | wirst schaden | wirst geschadet haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte geschadet | wird schaden | wird geschadet haben |
| wir | hatten geschadet | werden schaden | werden geschadet haben |
| ihr | hattet geschadet | werdet schaden | werdet geschadet haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten geschadet | werden schaden | werden geschadet 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 | schadete |
| du | schadetest |
| er/sie/es | schadete |
| wir | schadeten |
| ihr | schadetet |
| sie/Sie | schadeten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde schaden.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | schade! |
| ihr | schadet! |
| Sie | schaden Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
schad root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
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