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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es warnt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es warnte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gewarnt 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 | warne | warnte | habe gewarnt |
| du | warnst | warntest | hast gewarnt |
| er/sie/es | warnt | warnte | hat gewarnt |
| wir | warnen | warnten | haben gewarnt |
| ihr | warnt | warntet | habt gewarnt |
| sie/Sie | warnen | warnten | haben gewarnt |
- 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 gewarnt | werde warnen | werde gewarnt haben |
| du | hattest gewarnt | wirst warnen | wirst gewarnt haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gewarnt | wird warnen | wird gewarnt haben |
| wir | hatten gewarnt | werden warnen | werden gewarnt haben |
| ihr | hattet gewarnt | werdet warnen | werdet gewarnt haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gewarnt | werden warnen | werden gewarnt 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 | warnte |
| du | warntest |
| er/sie/es | warnte |
| wir | warnten |
| ihr | warntet |
| sie/Sie | warnten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde warnen.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | warn! |
| ihr | warnt! |
| Sie | warnen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
warn root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
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