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How to learn German fast - key verbs conjugated, part 6
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How to learn German fast - key verbs conjugated, part 4
How to learn German fast - key verbs conjugated, part 3
How to learn German fast - key verbs conjugated, part 2
How to learn German fast - key verbs conjugated, part 2
Here on my How to learn German fast and efficiently site, I am doing a series on conjugating German verbs. Having conjugated the most important German verbs SEIN und HABEN, I shall now give the other important German verbs, but not conjugate them in the way that I did the other time. I will do the present tense, past tense and the PII, the same way as most other textbooks or reference guides. The point is so that you can learn German not just by memorisng alone but by learning key points and key ideas.
There are many ways of learning German and one way of learning German verbs effectively is to note that there are rules and commonalities in the way the verbs are conjugated. That is, one can learn German when one notes that the ways in which the verbs change are sometimes regular, and sometimes irregular. In addition, some of the German irregular verbs have... wait for it... regular methods of conjugation. That's the key point of this post.
Therefore: analyse and have a good hard look here at the various examples given...
I will conjugate these German verbs: GEHEN, FAHREN, KOMMEN
GEHEN (always in this order - present tense, past tense, and then perfect tense)
Ich gehe, er/sie/es geht,
Ich ging, er/sie/ es ging,
ist gegangen
FAHREN
Ich fahre, du fährst, er/sie/ es fährt
Ich fuhr, er/sie/es fuhr
ist gefahren
KOMMEN
Ich kommen, er/sie/es kommt
Ich kam, er/sie/es kam
ist gekommen
In this case, the rest of the conjugation are:
past tense:
du kamst
wir kamen
ihr kamt
sie kamen
Do you see what I mean? To learn German verbs and conjugate them beautifully, it is key to note that there are regularities in the verbs - st, en, t, and en. This can be seen by reference to sein and haben as well.
Do remember to observe, learn and memorise the verbs, but also learn German by using the regularities within the word conjugations. Have fun observing and taking notes, and there will be more word lists to come in future posts on conjugating German verbs. Stay tuned, thanks!
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How to learn German fast - key verbs conjugated : SEIN, HABEN
How to learn German fast - key verbs conjugated : SEIN, HABEN
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This series here on my language learning site will be on key verbs conjugated - for easy reference in your German language learning.
SEIN und HABEN
(to be and to have)
ich bin
du bist
er/sie/es ist
wir sind
ihr seid
sie sind
ich war
du warst
er/sie/es war
wir waren
ihr wart
sie waren
ich bin gewesen (Perfekt or PII tense)
ich habe
du hast
er/sie/es hat
wir haben
ihr habt
sie haben
ich hatte
du hattest
er/sie/es hatte
wir hatten
ihr hattet ? (probably unused - grammatical only?)
sie hatten
ich habe gehabt (PII)
Note: this is a very important German language note - sein and haben are going to be very important key verbs in learning this language, or for that matter, to be and to have are very important key verbs in learning any Indo-European languages.
Second Note:
Ich habe _____ is the common phrase for perfect tenses, or Partizip II, in German.
It's like: I have done, I have gone, etc.
Ich bin ______ is also similar, and it seems to be : I am / I have in English.
The key is that sein + partizip II is used for movement/ change in state.
Ich bin gegangen.
Ich bin gefahren.
More verbs to come, as well as verb lists and other important language assists here on my language site. Stay positive and remember to do a lot of revision - the sidebar on the right of this site should help you with all the resources and also the key point of this site:
A System of Language Learning on How to Learn German Fast and Efficiently!
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