Verb Conjugation In The Present Tense Hobbies/Sports.

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Verb Conjugation In The Present Tense Hobbies/Sports

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Verb Conjugation In The Present Tense

Hobbies/Sports

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German Vs. English

In German there is only one form of the present tense:

Schwimmen: ich schwimme

In English there are 3:I swimI am swimmingI do swim

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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: Subject Verb

Ich spiele

Du spielst

Er/sie/es spielt

Wir spielen

Ihr spielt

Sie spielen

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• 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: es hält.

• Some verbs change their vowels in the du and er, sie, es form. E.g. Helfen hilft.

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Irregular Verbs

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

Subject Verb

Ich bin

Du bist

Er/sie/es ist

Wir sind

Ihr seid

Sie sind

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