O-Rhesus-Negativ Udo Lindenberg LO: to recognise and use the imperfect tense

The imperfect tense Remember how to make the present tense? Find the infinitive that you want, take off the en/n and add the present tense endings: PersonPresent endingsImperfect endings weak ichetete dusttest er/sie/es/manttete wirenten ihrttet sieenten Sieenten The imperfect tense works much the same way, just the endings are different.

The imperfect tense is easiest to remember as the “was... ing” tense. It is used more in writing than speaking. The imperfect tense is easiest to remember as the “was... ing” tense. It is used more in writing than speaking. InfinitiveImperfectMeaning kaufenich kaufteI was buying.. (bought) machendu machtestYou were doing.. (did) besuchener besuchtehe was visiting (visited) zeigenwir zeigtenwe were showing (showed) studierenihr studiertetyou were studying (studied) erzählensie erzähltenthey were telling.. (told) landenSie landetenyou were landing.. (landed) Strong verbs need to be learned off by heart. Your strong verb list will be very useful for this. Check these verbs in column 3. gehendenken ziehen laden halten sprechen sein The imperfect tense is pretty straightforward for weak verbs but looks very similar to the present tense. Be careful when translating!

You can see that some of these verbs change a lot. The strong verbs also have a different set of endings to learn. PersonImperfect endings strong ich- dust er/sie/es/man- wiren ihrt sien Sien ImperfectMeaning ich gingI was going du dachtestYou were thinking man zogOne was pulling wir luden einWe were inviting ihr hieltetYou were stopping sie sprachenThey were speaking Sie warenYou were... You may not use this tense very much in your speaking but it is very important to recognise the strong verbs and the endings of both.

There are some common verbs which are most often than not used in the imperfect when talking about the past: seinich warI was habenich hatteI had gebenes gabthere was könnenich konnteI could müssenich mussteI had to wollenich wollteI wanted to sollenich sollteI was supposed to dürfenich durfteI was allowed to mögenich mochteI liked

Was bedeuten diese Verben? to get drunk to follow/pursue to hand in to console to need to notice to invite to pull (face) to go for a walk to tolerate/stand to mention to converse spazierengehen bemerken verfolgen erwähnen verziehen vertragen trösten einladen sich unterhalten brauchen sich besaufen einreichen to go for a walk to notice to follow/pursue to mention to pull (face) to tolerate/stand to console to invite to converse to need to get drunk to hand in str* str

udo Geboren Mai 1946 in Gronau

Was ist diese Person? Wie heißt er? Hören Sie sich das Lied „O-Rhesus-Negativ“ an.

AQA Arbeitsheft Seite 8. Aufgabe.1 a.war … hatte b.waren c.war … hatte d.warst e.hatte f.war... hatte Aufgabe.1 a.war … hatte b.waren c.war … hatte d.warst e.hatte f.war... hatte Yesterday was Sunday and I had no school. After the trip we were very tired. The girls were sad as they didn‘t have money for the concert. Where were you at the weekend? I simply had no time for training. He was really happy because he had his birthday. Aufgabe.2 a.wollten b.musste c.sollte d.durften e.konnten Aufgabe.2 a.wollten b.musste c.sollte d.durften e.konnten We wanted to see the new film. My dad had to repair the car. Andrea was supposed to go straight home after the disco. Because the youths were too young they weren‘t allowed to drink alcohol. My friend and I couldn‘t do the homework.

As a storyboard, re-write the song in the 3 rd person. Explain what happened to the person singing the song. Es war Mitternacht und ein Mann ging spazieren und bemerkte, dass ein Finstermann mit einem großen Hut ihn verfolgte. Der Finstermann sprach ihn an, schmatzend und mit knirschenden Zähnen. Der Finstermann sagte:

AQA Arbeitsheft Seite 27 Schwache Verben Aufgabe 1 a.erzählte b.kauften c.landeten d.besuchte e.antwortetest f.dauerte.. endete g.zeigte h.amüsierten i.studierte Aufgabe 1 a.erzählte b.kauften c.landeten d.besuchte e.antwortetest f.dauerte.. endete g.zeigte h.amüsierten i.studierte Aufgabe.2 a.Die Karten kosteten nichts. b.Wir wohnten im Ausland. c.Ich hörte ein Geräusch. d.Die Mädchen lachten laut. e.Es regnete gestern. f.Wir warteten auf den Zug. Aufgabe.2 a.Die Karten kosteten nichts. b.Wir wohnten im Ausland. c.Ich hörte ein Geräusch. d.Die Mädchen lachten laut. e.Es regnete gestern. f.Wir warteten auf den Zug. She told her son a story We bought sausage and chips My friends landed in Spain at hours I visited my aunt at the weekend. You didn‘t answer The film lasted almost 2.5 hours and ended shortly before midnight. Steffi showed me her new headphones. My family and I had great fun at the theme park. He studied law and psychology in Berlin.

AQA Arbeitsblatt Seite 28 Starke und gemischte Verben Aufgabe.1 empfahl/sah/gewann/lief/half/fing/tat/sang/stand/lag/nahm Aufgabe.1 empfahl/sah/gewann/lief/half/fing/tat/sang/stand/lag/nahm Ex.2 standen empfahl fingen gewann half sangen nahm tan lief sah Ex.2 standen empfahl fingen gewann half sangen nahm tan lief sah We stood 20 minutes at the bus stop. The waitress recommended the chicken soup. The children started to cry. The skier won a silver medal. I helped our neighbour in the garden. K and B sang in the school choir. He took the tablets three times a day. After the work his muscles hurt him. The dog ran out of the house. Last week my friend and I saw our favourite group.

Plenaraufgabe - ist das Präsens oder Imperfekt? Ich sage. Er setzte sich hin. Ich ruhte mich aus. Wir probieren. Wir interessierten uns. Du bestelltest. Er empfiehlt. Sie schliefen. Ihr verlort. Ich las. Es gelingt mir. Sie genossen. Du kannst. Ich musste. Wir sollten. Du darfst. Sie mögen. Er mochte. Ich wollte. Präsens Imperfekt Präsens Imperfekt Präsens Imperfekt Präsens Imperfekt Präsens Imperfekt Präsens Imperfekt

Wiederholung - Was ist das auf Deutsch? I was telephoning Stefan. We were trying the wine. He was selling the house. I was doing my homework. They were working quietly. She was going on Saturdays. I was reading a book. We were falling. You were enjoying that! He was singing in the bathroom. I was able to win. He was allowed to go. We had to sleep. You were supposed to eat. They wanted to swim. Ich telefonierte mit Stefan. Wir probierten den Wein. Er verkaufte das Haus. Ich machte meine Hausaufgaben. Sie arbeiteten ruhig. Sie ging samstags. Ich las ein Buch. Wir fielen. Sie genossen das. Er sang im Badezimmer. Ich konnte gewinnen. Er durfte gehen. Wir mussten schlafen. Du solltest essen. Sie wollten schwimmen.