Session 2 Perfect Tense Starke oder irreguläre Verben Strong or irregular verbs
Like in English some verbs just dont know how to behave! They have a strong will and do their own thing. Thats why they are called strong verbs! The Past Participles of a lot of those strong verbs end in –EN. Many also have a vowel change (e.g. Ich trinke Ich habe getrunken) and others are completely irregular! To make it a bit easier for you to learn the strong verbs, I have tried to put them into logical groups. Viel Glück!
Irregular verbs using HABEN Siehatein Buchgelesen Wir habenMittag gegessen Ichhabe meine Freunde getroffen Wir habeneinen Film gesehen Er hatCola getrunken Ich habeTaschengeld bekommen
I have put the strong (irregular) verbs into 6 different groups
Strong verbs – participles like the infinitive - no --ge vergessen (to forget) – Ich habe_vergessen (I forgot) Perfect Tense – strong verbs – vowel change ei ieAND ie o Perfect Tense – strong verbs – vowel change i u AND i o AND i a schreiben (to write) – wir haben_geschrieben (we wrote) trinken (to drink) – du hast_getrunken (you drank)
Perfect Tense – strong verbs – vowel change e o Perfect Tense – strong verbs – vowel change e eAND i(e) e Perfect Tense – strong verbs – vowel change a a treffen (to meet) – Ich habe_getroffen (I met) essen (to eat) – sie hat_gegessen ( she ate) tragen (to wear) – Ich habe_getragen (I wore)