What are the forms of Konnen?
What are the forms of Konnen?
Können: conjugation
| ich | kann |
|---|---|
| du | kannst |
| er/sie/es | kann |
| wir | können |
| ihr | könnt |
What is verb in German?
Each verb has a basic “infinitive” (“to”) form. This is the form of the verb you find in a German dictionary. The verb “to play” in English is the infinitive form. (“He plays” is a conjugated form.) The German equivalent of “to play” is spielen.
What tense is Hätten?
Lesson Summary
| Pronoun | Present Tense | Imperfect Tense |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe | hatte |
| du | hast | hattest |
| er, sie, es | hat | hatte |
| wir | haben | hatten |
How do you use Prateritum?
The Präteritum is equivalent to the English Simple Past tense, so to speak. But usually, the Präteritum is not used in everyday language in German. It is rather used as a literary language. Germans commonly opt for the Perfekt in their speech in order to refer to the past – which will be discussed in my upcoming post.
What is the difference between können and Könnten?
Yes, it’s pretty much the same difference as “can” and “could” in English. In this specific case both words do effectively the same thing, in that they turn a direct request into a more polite question. “Könnten” is the subjunctive (in German: “Konjunktiv”) of “können”.
How many verbs are in German?
There are six tenses in German: the present and past are conjugated, and there are four compound tenses. There are two categories of verbs in German: weak and strong….Auxiliary verbs.
| Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|
| ich | bin | war |
| du | bist | warst |
| er | ist | war |
| wir/sie | sind | waren |
What are German strong verbs?
In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is a verb that marks its past tense by means of changes to the stem vowel (ablaut). The majority of the remaining verbs form the past tense by means of a dental suffix (e.g. -ed in English), and are known as weak verbs.
How do you write Plusquamperfekt?
It is used for actions that happened and are completed now in the present. For example: “Ich habe getanzt” -> Meaning: I danced at some point in the past. Now I am not dancing anymore. The “Plusquamperfekt” on the other hand is used to describe actions that happened before other actions in the past.
How do you make Plusquamperfekt?
To conjugate the German past perfect (Plusquamperfekt), we need the simple past forms of sein/haben and the past participle (Partizip II).
