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German grammar in use: The conjugation of the verb “gehen” Posted by Sandra Rösner on Aug 25, 2014
The German verb gehen has got several English translations. First of all, it means to go, to walk, to leave, and to attend. But gehen is also used in German to say that something works or is feasible. Let’s have a closer look, which meanings gehen can have in the German tenses. Präsens –…
The conjugation of the German verb “stehen” Posted by Sandra Rösner on Aug 18, 2014
The German verb “stehen” is commonly translated into English “to be”, “to stand” or “to suit”. Below you can find its conjugations for the following tenses: – Präsens – present – Präteritum – preterit (equals simple past) – Futur I – future I – Perfekt – perfect – Plusaquamperfekt – pluperfect (equals past perfect) – …
The conjugation of the German verb “geben” Posted by Sandra Rösner on Aug 11, 2014
The German verb geben means “to give”, “to hand” or “to pass” in English. But depending on its particular use it also can mean “to issue” or “to provide”. In the following I will give you an overview of the conjugation forms of the verb geben, which you need for forming indicative (statements) and imperative…
The conjugation of the German verb “sagen” Posted by Sandra Rösner on Aug 4, 2014
The word “sagen” is one of the most frequent verbs in German. Usually, it either means “to say” or “to tell” in English. In order to form statements (declarative sentences) or commands (imperative sentences) it is necessary to conjugate verbs correctly. So, let’s have a closer look at the verb “sagen” and its conjugations of…
Expressions with the German verb “haben” (to have) Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jun 20, 2012
It is always the right time to learn some new idiomatic expressions. In this post, I discuss the German verb “haben” (to have) and present it in combination with other words. IN the table below you find several idioms that contain the verb “haben”. German Pronunciation English die Gelegenheit haben dee gey-ley-guhn-hayt hah-buhn to…
The German verb “kommen” Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jun 6, 2012
When you get in contact with strangers you would certainly like to find out more about them. Among other things, you would probably like know where a person does come from. In order to ask someone in German where a person is from you need to know the German verb “kommen” (to come). In order…
Solution for the conjugation exercise Posted by jan on Oct 30, 2010
So here are the correct conjugations for the given verbs in my last article. Compare and see if you were right: