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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es wandert What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es wanderte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es ist gewandert 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 | wandere | wanderte | bin gewandert |
| du | wanderst | wandertest | bist gewandert |
| er/sie/es | wandert | wanderte | ist gewandert |
| wir | wandern | wanderten | sind gewandert |
| ihr | wandert | wandertet | seid gewandert |
| sie/Sie | wandern | wanderten | sind gewandert |
- 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 | war gewandert | werde wandern | werde gewandert sein |
| du | warst gewandert | wirst wandern | wirst gewandert sein |
| er/sie/es | war gewandert | wird wandern | wird gewandert sein |
| wir | waren gewandert | werden wandern | werden gewandert sein |
| ihr | wart gewandert | werdet wandern | werdet gewandert sein |
| sie/Sie | waren gewandert | werden wandern | werden gewandert sein |
- 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 | wanderte |
| du | wandertest |
| er/sie/es | wanderte |
| wir | wanderten |
| ihr | wandertet |
| sie/Sie | wanderten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde wandern.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | wandere! |
| ihr | wandert! |
| Sie | wandern Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
wander root n ending
- -n
- the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.
Word family
In Otti's situations: The friends plan the weekend, The friends spend a weekend in the Alps
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