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Ihr vergesst die Fahrkarten!
You're forgetting the tickets!
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es vergisst What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es vergaß The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat vergessen 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 | vergesse | vergaß | habe vergessen |
| du | vergisst | vergaßest | hast vergessen |
| er/sie/es | vergisst | vergaß | hat vergessen |
| wir | vergessen | vergaßen | haben vergessen |
| ihr | vergesst | vergaßt | habt vergessen |
| sie/Sie | vergessen | vergaßen | haben vergessen |
- 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 vergessen | werde vergessen | werde vergessen haben |
| du | hattest vergessen | wirst vergessen | wirst vergessen haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte vergessen | wird vergessen | wird vergessen haben |
| wir | hatten vergessen | werden vergessen | werden vergessen haben |
| ihr | hattet vergessen | werdet vergessen | werdet vergessen haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten vergessen | werden vergessen | werden vergessen 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 | vergäße |
| du | vergäßest |
| er/sie/es | vergäße |
| wir | vergäßen |
| ihr | vergäßet |
| sie/Sie | vergäßen |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | vergiss! |
| ihr | vergesst! |
| Sie | vergessen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
ver prefix gess root en ending
- ver-
- often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
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