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The German Phrase ‘Es Passt’ Posted by Constanze on Feb 26, 2019
Guten Tag! In my last post I talked about the phrase ‘Es steht dir (gut)’, the German way of saying ‘It (really) suits you’. A question people often have when they learn this phrase is: What is the difference between saying ‘Es steht dir’ (it suits you) and a similar phrase, ‘Es passt dir’ (it…
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) – …