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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es tut What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es tat The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat getan The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".
Phrases With This Word
- alle Hände voll zu tun haben to have one's hands full
- einen Gefallen tun to do a favour
- Tut mir leid. I'm sorry.
Conjugation
The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | tue | tat | habe getan |
| du | tust | tatest | hast getan |
| er/sie/es | tut | tat | hat getan |
| wir | tun | taten | haben getan |
| ihr | tut | tatet | habt getan |
| sie/Sie | tun | taten | haben getan |
- 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 getan | werde tun | werde getan haben |
| du | hattest getan | wirst tun | wirst getan haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte getan | wird tun | wird getan haben |
| wir | hatten getan | werden tun | werden getan haben |
| ihr | hattet getan | werdet tun | werdet getan haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten getan | werden tun | werden getan 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 | täte |
| du | tätest |
| er/sie/es | täte |
| wir | täten |
| ihr | tätet |
| sie/Sie | täten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | tu! |
| ihr | tut! |
| Sie | tun Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
tu root n ending
- -n
- the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Otti's day
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