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Was das Homeoffice angeht, habe ich mich vom Skeptiker zum Fan gewandelt.
When it comes to working from home, I've gone from sceptic to fan.
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es wandelt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es wandelte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gewandelt 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 | wandle | wandelte | habe gewandelt |
| du | wandelst | wandeltest | hast gewandelt |
| er/sie/es | wandelt | wandelte | hat gewandelt |
| wir | wandeln | wandelten | haben gewandelt |
| ihr | wandelt | wandeltet | habt gewandelt |
| sie/Sie | wandeln | wandelten | haben gewandelt |
- 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 gewandelt | werde wandeln | werde gewandelt haben |
| du | hattest gewandelt | wirst wandeln | wirst gewandelt haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gewandelt | wird wandeln | wird gewandelt haben |
| wir | hatten gewandelt | werden wandeln | werden gewandelt haben |
| ihr | hattet gewandelt | werdet wandeln | werdet gewandelt haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gewandelt | werden wandeln | werden gewandelt 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 | wandelte |
| du | wandeltest |
| er/sie/es | wandelte |
| wir | wandelten |
| ihr | wandeltet |
| sie/Sie | wandelten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde wandeln.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | wandle! |
| ihr | wandelt! |
| Sie | wandeln Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
wandel root n ending
- -n
- the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.
Word family
In Otti's situations: The friends discuss the future of work
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