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Wir singen für Lotte zum Geburtstag.
We sing for Lotte on her birthday.
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es singt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es sang The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gesungen 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 | singe | sang | habe gesungen |
| du | singst | sangst | hast gesungen |
| er/sie/es | singt | sang | hat gesungen |
| wir | singen | sangen | haben gesungen |
| ihr | singt | sangt | habt gesungen |
| sie/Sie | singen | sangen | haben gesungen |
- 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 gesungen | werde singen | werde gesungen haben |
| du | hattest gesungen | wirst singen | wirst gesungen haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gesungen | wird singen | wird gesungen haben |
| wir | hatten gesungen | werden singen | werden gesungen haben |
| ihr | hattet gesungen | werdet singen | werdet gesungen haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gesungen | werden singen | werden gesungen 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 | sänge |
| du | sängst |
| er/sie/es | sänge |
| wir | sängen |
| ihr | sängt |
| sie/Sie | sängen |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | sing! |
| ihr | singt! |
| Sie | singen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
sing root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
der Sängerdie Sängerinder Gesangmitsingen
In Otti's situations: Otti's hobbies, Frida sings in a choir
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