Regular Verb Conjugation

Regular Verb Conjugation

Review

1. You need to be able to identify the subject of your sentence.

What is a subject?

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What is a subject? How do we define it?

Check all that apply

• a noun performing the action

• a person performing the action

• a place performing the action

• a thing performing the action

• a noun

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How do we find it in a German sentence?

• It's usually near the beginning of the sentence.

• It's usually right before or right after the verb.

• It's the noun.

• It's always second.

• It's always first.

2. Determine what the action or state of being of the sentence is.

Then:

• a. Find the base/stem of the verb

• b. Use B e st t en t en to figure out which stem ending to add back on to the base/stem of the verb so that the verb conjugation matches what the subject of the sentence is.

• c. Put the conjugated verb 2nd in the sentence, unless it's a yes/no question- then put it 1st.

B e st t en t en

Let's conjugate the verb jagen (to hunt).

Multiple Choice

The first step to conjugation is to determine what the subject is if there is a sentence. Once you know what the subject is and have determined which word is your action word, what is your next step?

• conjugate it.

• put it first

• put it second

• find the base by taking "-en" or "-n" off the end of the verb

Conjugation of jagen.

Base = jag (we took off "-en" from the end of the verb)

ich : stem + e = ich jag + e = ich jage (I hunt)

du: stem + st = du jag + st = du jagst ( you familiar hunt)

er/sie/es: stem + t = er/sie/es jag + t = er/sie/es jagt (he/she/it hunts)

wir: stem + en = wir jag + en = wir jagen (we hunt)

ihr: stem + t = ihr jag + t = ihr jagt (you all hunt)

Sie/sie: stem + en = Sie/sie jag + en = Sie/sie jagen (you formal/they hunt)

B(ase)

ich- stem + e

du- stem + st

er/sie/es stem + t

wir stem + en

ihr stem + t

Sie/sie stem + en

Multiple Choice

Once I know what my subject & verb are, what is the first step in the conjugation process?

• Find the subject again

• Find the guitar

• Find the base

• Find the correct ending

Multiple Choice

What stem ending do I add to the base of my verb, when my subject is ich?

• st

• en

• t

• e

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What stem ending do I add to the base of my verb, if my subject is du?

• e

• t

• st

• en

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What stem ending do I add to the base of my verb, if my subject is er/sie/es?

• t

• st

• e

• en

Multiple Choice

What stem ending do I add to the base of my verb, if my subject is wir?

• t

• e

• en

• st

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What stem ending do I add to the base of my verb, if my subject is ihr?

• st

• e

• t

• en

Multiple Choice

What stem ending do I add to the base of my verb, if my subject is Sie/sie?

• t

• e

• st

• en

Open Ended

Conjugate the verb spielen to each of the pronouns:

ich, du, er/sie/es, wir, ihr, Sie/sie

Multiple Select

Check all of the conjugations that are correct:

• wir spiele

• sie trägt

• ich renne

• du singst

• Sie/sie trägt