Use the imperfect tense in German when you want to say… I did something Ich machte etwas.

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Use the imperfect tense in German when you want to say… I did something Ich machte etwas

Use the imperfect tense in German when you want to say… I did something Ich machte etwas

Example; I played tennis. Ich spielte Tennis.

…or… I have played tennis. Ich spielte Tennis.

…or… I was playing tennis. Ich spielte Tennis.

It is used mainly in writing for... NARRATIVE,REPORTS andACCOUNTS

Write an Introduction to the Imperfect Tense… When is it used? What are the English equivalents to ‘ Ich spielte Tennis’

sein ichduer/sie/esSie simple past ofwirihrsieSie war warst war wart waren

haben ichduer/sie/esSie simple past ofwirihrsieSie hatte hattest hatte hattet hatten

Translate the following… I was old. I had a cat. I was happy. They were sad. He had money. We had nothing.

There are... 1) WEAK VERBS

WEAK VERBS To form the imperfect of weak verbs do this: get the stem (usually just take the ‘-en’ off the end of the verb e.g. mach(en) add ‘-t’ e.g. add these endings e.g. macht ich machte du machtest er/sie/es machte wir machten ihr machtet sie/Sie machten

Complete these sentences in the Imperfect tense Ich ………Rugby. (spielen) Du …….. deine Hausaufgaben. (machen) Ich …….. Meine Oma. (besuchen) Wir ……. Fahrkarten. (kaufen) Er …… in einem kleinen Haus. (wohnen) Ich ……. Musik. (hören) Jens und Karl ……… Tennis. (spielen)

2)STRONG VERBS

STRONG VERBS STRONG verbs have the POWER to change the VOWEL and sometimes the CONSONANTS in the imperfect tense e.g. helfen - es half leiden - sie litt To get the imperfect of strong verbs remember:

STRONG VERBS Strong verbs take the following set of endings on the changed stem: ich nahm (no ending) du nahmst er/sie/es nahm (no ending) wir nahmen ihr nahmt sie/Sie nahmen

Write down the stem of these important strong verbs… fahren – gehen- sehen – trinken- geben- fliegen- schreiben-

Translate these sentences into the Imperfect tense Ich …….nach Deutschland.(fahren) Ich …..in die Stadt.(gehen) Wir …..den Film.(sehen) Der Mann …… Bier.(trinken) Du ….. nach Italien.(fliegen) Meine Schwester ….. mir ein Geschenk. (geben)

German Infinitive German Imperfect Stem English translation vergessen verlieren helfen begann knew

Complete the sentences… Ich …. (sein) Müde und ich …..(schlafen). Ich ….. meiner Mutter.(helfen) Ich ….kein Geld. ( haben) Der Polizist …… den Dieb. (sehen) Er ….. meinen Geburtstag. (vergessen) Ich ….. ‘ Guten Tag!’ ( sagen) Ich ….. Ein neues T-Shirt.

IRREGULAR (or mixed) VERBS Some irregular STRONG verbs take the weak verb ending in the imperfect tense: denken - ich dachte Some irregular WEAK verbs change their vowel and sometimes consonant in the imperfect tense: bringen - er brachte

IRREGULAR (or mixed) VERBS YOU JUST HAVE TO LEARN THEM AS YOU GO ALONG!! As this is quite confusing, there is only really one way of getting to know them properly… (sorry!)