GERMAN WITH SHAZZA: Lesson 2- Very Basic Verbs and Endings

by **andromeda** Sun Aug 13, 2017 9:56 pm

So, in German, every pronoun is followed by a verb. It's the most common sentence structure rule in German; but that will be explained in another lesson. With each pronoun, the verb ending changes. It further changes with the type of very being used but as we are on lesson 2 and i still struggle to grasp it after an entire 3 years of lessons, that will appear later

BASIC INFINITIVE VERBS-

Haben- To have

IRREGULAR VERB - Sein- To be

As a beginner in German, these are the two verbs you will mainly see. SEIN being irregular, it doesn't follow regular verb ending patterns. [SEE BELOW]

VERB ENDING PATTERNS- REGULAR V IRREGULAR

ICH HABE - MINUS THE N FROM THE INFINITIVE

DU HAST - REMOVE THE B-E-N AND REPLACE IT WITH S-T

ER/SIE/ES HAT - REMOVE THE B-E-N AND REPLACE IT WITH T

WIR HABEN - INFINITIVE USED

IHR HABT - REMOVE E-N AND REPLACE IT WITH T

SIE HABEN - INFINITIVE USED

DEFINING A REGULAR VERB: ALL REGULAR VERBS IN GERMAN END WITH EN;

-HABEN

-TANZEN (TO DANCE)

-ESSEN (TO EAT)

VERB ENDING PATTERNS- IRREGULAR