Verb Conjugation In The Present Tense

1. Verb Conjugation In The Present Tense Hobbies/Sports

2. German Vs. English In German there is only one form of the present tense: Schwimmen: ichschwimme In English there are 3: I swim I am swimmin I do swim

3. Verb Conjugation for Regular Verbs Rule: The endings below apply to most verbs except irregular verbs such as sein and haben but other verbs have other slight changes to them. Spielen is an example of a regular verb. Just take off the –en- and add the regular endings. Spielen:

4. For verbs ending in –ern like dauern or –eln like klingeln you take off only the n not the en and add the endings. • Verbs ending in –den like baden or –ten like antworten keep their e before the du, er, sie, es and ihr endings e.g. Badest or Antwortet. • Some verbs get an Umlaut in the du and er, sie, es form. Such as halten: eshält. • Some verbs change their vowels in the du and er, sie, es form. e.g. Helfenhilft.

5. Irregular Verbs • E.g. Sein, Haben • There aren’t any rules. • You just have to learn them. • E.g. Sein

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