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singen
(stem sang) |
trinken
(stem trank) |
laufen
(stem lief) |
sprechen
(stem sprach) |
essen
(stem aß) |
schlafen
(stem schlief) |
| |
ich sang |
ich trank |
ich lief |
ich sprach |
ich aß |
ich schlief |
| |
du sangst |
du trankst |
du liefst |
du sprachst |
du aßt |
du schliefst |
| |
er/sie/es sang |
er/sie/es trank |
er/sie/es lief |
er/sie/es sprach |
er/sie/es aß |
er/sie/es schlief |
| |
wir sangen |
wir tranken |
wir liefen |
wir sprachen |
wir aßen |
wir schliefen |
| |
ihr sangt |
ihr trankt |
ihr lieft |
ihr spracht |
ihr aßt |
ihr schlieft |
| |
sie sangen |
sie tranken |
sie liefen |
sie sprachen |
sie aßen |
sie schliefen |
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For clear comparison, we have here a table of the endings
of the simple tenses (simple present and simple past
tense) for weak and strong verbs. As we can see, the
endings in present tense for weak and for strong verbs
are the same. Here the only difference is in the change
of the vowel (mostly) in second and third person singular.
|
weak verb - present tense ending |
weak verbs - imperfect
ending |
strong verbs - present tense
ending |
strong verbs -
imperfect endings |
| |
e |
te |
e |
- |
| |
st |
test |
st |
st |
| |
t |
te |
t |
- |
| |
en |
ten |
en |
en |
| |
t |
tet |
t |
t |
| |
en |
ten |
en |
en |
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What we can also see is that the endings of the imperfect
are really different. The weak form uses actually the
conjugation of the present and adds an t(e)
to it.
The strong verbs are even lazier, they just use the
same endings like the present tense, and only the stem is
changing. How to know which conjugation to choose is described
more in detail in chapter
15.3.7.
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