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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es wirbt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es warb The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat geworben 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 | werbe | warb | habe geworben |
| du | wirbst | warbst | hast geworben |
| er/sie/es | wirbt | warb | hat geworben |
| wir | werben | warben | haben geworben |
| ihr | werbt | warbt | habt geworben |
| sie/Sie | werben | warben | haben geworben |
- 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 geworben | werde werben | werde geworben haben |
| du | hattest geworben | wirst werben | wirst geworben haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte geworben | wird werben | wird geworben haben |
| wir | hatten geworben | werden werben | werden geworben haben |
| ihr | hattet geworben | werdet werben | werdet geworben haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten geworben | werden werben | werden geworben 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 | würbe |
| du | würbst |
| er/sie/es | würbe |
| wir | würben |
| ihr | würbt |
| sie/Sie | würben |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | wirb! |
| ihr | werbt! |
| Sie | werben Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
werb root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Emil starts his own business
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