German Regular Verb Conjugatione

​German Conjugation

Regular Verbs

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1. I can follow the pattern to conjugate regular verbs in German.

Skills

1. I know what conjugation is.

2. I know the pattern of regular conjugation.

​Knowledge

Success Criteria

What is conjugation?

I am You are He is

I have You have It has

I learn You learn She learns

It sounds wrong to say;
I is You has She learn.

​Examples of conjugation

Conjugation is how we change the verb, based on who is doing the actions. It is a grammar rule that can make your language sound wrong if you don't follow it.

Multiple Choice

What is 'conjugation'?

• Joining words

• Changing the verb to match the person

• Changing the tense of the verb

• A rule of vocabulary in English

How to conjugate.

There are 4 steps to conjugate in German.

1. Find the verb.

2. Remove the infinitive ending.

3. Find who is doing the verb.

4. Add the matching ending.

heißen = to be
machen = to do
haben = to have
zahlen = to count

​Examples

Verb is German are usually the second part of a sentence.

When not in a sentence, they usually end with 'en'.

'en' is the inifinitive ending. 'Infinitive' means the basic form, that has not been conjugated yet.

​Verbs in German

1. Finding the verb

Multiple Select

Choose the infinitive verbs

• heißen

• habe

• ist

• machen

• spielen

2. Remove the infinitive ending

The infinitive ending is 'en'.

When we conjugate, you must remove the infinitive ending first!

machen -> mach
spielen -> spiel
haben -> hab

3. Find who is doing the verb.

We will use pronouns for these examples.
NOTE: sing. = singular [1]
plur. = plural [2+]

Ich spiele Fußball -> I play soccer.
Er ist nett. -> He is nice.
Wir lernen Deutsch -> We learn German.

​English	German​
​I	​ich
​You [sing.]	​du
​He/She/It	er/sie/es​
We​	wir​
You [plur.]​	ihr​
​They	sie​

4. Add the correct ending.

Each pronoun in the table uses a different ending.
To remember the endings you need to know;
E STREET TEN TEN

E
ST
T
EN
T
EN

​English	German​
​I	​ich
​You [sing.]	​du
​He/She/It	er/sie/es​
We​	wir​
You [plur.]​	ihr​
​They	sie​

Ending	German​
e	​ich
st	​du
t	er/sie/es​
en	wir​
t	ihr​
en	sie​

4. Add the correct ending.

To say 'I have', we take our verb 'haben'
without the infinitive ending 'hab'
and add the correct ending for 'I/ich' -> habe

=Ich habe

Ending	German​
e	​ich
st	​du
t	er/sie/es​
en	wir​
t	ihr​
en	sie​

Conjugation Example = I play

​1. Find the verb.

2. Remove the infinitive ending.

3. Find who is doing the verb.

4. Add the matching ending.

to play = spielen

spiel

i = ich

Ending for ich is 'e' -> I play = Ich spiele.

Ending	German​
e	​ich
st	​du
t	er/sie/es​
en	wir​
t	ihr​
en	sie​

​Not all verbs follow this pattern.

Verbs that don't follow this pattern are called 'irregular verbs'. Often, they change a vowel when conjugating with du or er/sie/es.

Keep an eye out for any irregular verbs as you learn!

1. I can follow the pattern to conjugate regular verbs in German.

Skills

1. I know what conjugation is.

2. I know the pattern of regular conjugation.

​Knowledge

Success Criteria

Poll

Select every success criteria that you think you have met.

• 1 - I know what conjugation is.

• 2 - I know the pattern of regular conjugation.

• 3 - I can follow the pattern to conjugate regular verbs in German.

​Practice!

​ß = ss
ßs = ß

​Answers!