Beginning German Verb Conjugation Herr Weaver

Musik hören Deutsch lernen Hausaufgaben machen Familie lieben Verb Phrases to listen to music to learn German to do homework to love (one’s) family to be active in sports to live in Tennessee to come from the USA Musik hören Deutsch lernen Hausaufgaben machen Familie lieben Sport treiben in Tennessee wohnen aus den USA kommen The second thing to consider is the conjugation of modal verbs. Notice that the “er” form does not have its customary ~t ending. For modal verbs, the “er” form has the same endings as the “ich” form. Since the upper-case, formal “Sie” form is identical to the plural “sie” form, only the lower-case word will be used in this presentation. “Ich möchte” has the same verb form as “Er möchte”. The rest of the subject pronouns take their customary verb endings: “du möchtest, wir möchten, ihr möchtet, and sie möchten. “Möchten” is the only word that has the -e endings. The other modal verbs all have no endings for these forms, as the following slides will show.

-e ich -st du -t er /sie /es wir -en ihr -t sie sie Sie Conjugation of verbs pronouns verb endings ich du er -e -st -t /sie /es wir ihr sie -en -t The second thing to consider is the conjugation of modal verbs. Notice that the “er” form does not have its customary ~t ending. For modal verbs, the “er” form has the same endings as the “ich” form. Since the upper-case, formal “Sie” form is identical to the plural “sie” form, only the lower-case word will be used in this presentation. “Ich möchte” has the same verb form as “Er möchte”. The rest of the subject pronouns take their customary verb endings: “du möchtest, wir möchten, ihr möchtet, and sie möchten. “Möchten” is the only word that has the -e endings. The other modal verbs all have no endings for these forms, as the following slides will show. sie Sie

-e ich höre -st du hörst -t er hört Musik wir hören -en ihr -t sie sie Conjugation of verbs ich du er -e -st -t höre hörst hört hören Musik wir ihr sie -en -t The second thing to consider is the conjugation of modal verbs. Notice that the “er” form does not have its customary ~t ending. For modal verbs, the “er” form has the same endings as the “ich” form. Since the upper-case, formal “Sie” form is identical to the plural “sie” form, only the lower-case word will be used in this presentation. “Ich möchte” has the same verb form as “Er möchte”. The rest of the subject pronouns take their customary verb endings: “du möchtest, wir möchten, ihr möchtet, and sie möchten. “Möchten” is the only word that has the -e endings. The other modal verbs all have no endings for these forms, as the following slides will show. sie

ich du er komm wohn e st t mach treib lern lieb wir ihr sie en t meine lernen, machen, wohnen, lieben, treiben ich du er komm aus Nord Amerika wohn in Tennessee e st t mach die Hausaufgaben treib gern Sport lern Deutsch lieb Familie meine deine seine unsere eure ihre wir ihr sie en t Except for sollen and möchten, all of the other modal verbs have a stem-vowel change for the ich, du and er forms. Wollen for example, changes to will for ich and er forms and willst for the du form. “ich will”, “du willst”, “er will”. It takes the unique stem-vowel change, o>i But remains “wir wollen, ihr wollt and sie wollen. Modal verb können becomes ich kann, du kannst, er kann, but - wir können, ihr könnt, and sie können. The ich, du, and er forms all undergo the equally unique stem-vowel change - ö>a. Modal verb dürfen becomes ich darf, du darfst, er darf, but - wir dürfen, ihr dürft and sie dürfen. The ich, du, and er forms all undergo the unique stem-vowel change - ü>a. Modal verb müssen becomes ich muss, du musst, er muss, but - wir müssen, ihr müsst and sie müssen. The stem-vowel change undergone by the ich, du, and er forms is simply the loss of the original umlaut. compare: Wir müssen and ich muss ihr müsst and du musst

Sport treiben Sport treibt Treibt Er er nicht gern ? Does’nt he like to do sports? Does he like to do sports? Does he do sports? He does sports.

e ich du er wir ihr sie Musik hören Musik hören Deutsch lernen Hausaufgaben machen Familie lieben Sport treiben in Tennessee wohnen aus den USA kommen e st t en ich du er wir ihr sie hör Musik The second thing to consider is the conjugation of modal verbs. Notice that the “er” form does not have its customary ~t ending. For modal verbs, the “er” form has the same endings as the “ich” form. Since the upper-case, formal “Sie” form is identical to the plural “sie” form, only the lower-case word will be used in this presentation. “Ich möchte” has the same verb form as “Er möchte”. The rest of the subject pronouns take their customary verb endings: “du möchtest, wir möchten, ihr möchtet, and sie möchten. “Möchten” is the only word that has the -e endings. The other modal verbs all have no endings for these forms, as the following slides will show.

e ich du er wir ihr sie Deutsch lernen lern Deutsch st t en The second thing to consider is the conjugation of modal verbs. Notice that the “er” form does not have its customary ~t ending. For modal verbs, the “er” form has the same endings as the “ich” form. Since the upper-case, formal “Sie” form is identical to the plural “sie” form, only the lower-case word will be used in this presentation. “Ich möchte” has the same verb form as “Er möchte”. The rest of the subject pronouns take their customary verb endings: “du möchtest, wir möchten, ihr möchtet, and sie möchten. “Möchten” is the only word that has the -e endings. The other modal verbs all have no endings for these forms, as the following slides will show.

Hausaufgaben machen ich mach e Hausaufgaben du machst ? er/sie t wir ihr sie en The second thing to consider is the conjugation of modal verbs. Notice that the “er” form does not have its customary ~t ending. For modal verbs, the “er” form has the same endings as the “ich” form. Since the upper-case, formal “Sie” form is identical to the plural “sie” form, only the lower-case word will be used in this presentation. “Ich möchte” has the same verb form as “Er möchte”. The rest of the subject pronouns take their customary verb endings: “du möchtest, wir möchten, ihr möchtet, and sie möchten. “Möchten” is the only word that has the -e endings. The other modal verbs all have no endings for these forms, as the following slides will show. t en