Week 5 - Die - Verben - Präsens-23092019

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das Verb / die Verben
Frau Yanti Salina Bt Shaari

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By: Yanti Salina Shaari

Was ist ein Verb?
 What is a verb?  Understand function
 Structure of a verb of the verb
 What a regular and  Understand the
Course Outcomes
Lesson Outcomes
irregular verb? structure of the verb

Was sind Verben?
What are verbs?
Ich spiele Fußball.

• A verb describe an action
• The structure of sentence depends on the verb;
subject + verb OR verb + subject

Verbstruktur
verb structure
Infinitiv
buchstabieren
Verbstamm Endung (-en/-n)

heißen schreiben
wohnen kommen
sprechen
Verb im Infinitiv - Verb in Infinitive
In German, the infinitive is the dictionary form of the verb.

Typically, an infinitive ends in -en, although a few end in -ln, -rn, or -n.
The infinitive stem is derived by dropping the -en or -n from the
infinitive.
Infinitive Infinitive Stem
kommen komm-
sammeln sammel-
wandern wander-
tun tu-
Verbkonjugation
verb conjugation
Ich komme aus China .
Kommt ihr aus Polen?

1. Person 2. Person
Person Numerus
3. Person
Verbkonjugation Plural
verb conjugation
Singular
Tempus
By: Yanti Salina Shaari 11

Verben
regelmäßige Verben
regular verbs unregelmäßige Verben
irregular verbs

regelmäßige Verben
regular verbs
 Also known as ”starke verben”

strong verb
 Predictable forms
 ”verbstamm” doesn’t change (follow regular
pattern)
Wohnen er wohnt
unregelmäßige Verben
irregular verbs
 Also known as ”schwache verben”

Weak verb
 ”verbstamm” changes in certain cases
sprechen du sprichst
Verbkonjugation (Teil 1)
(Hilfsverben)

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Hilfsverben
Helping verbs
haben sein
• Haben (to have) and sein (to be) are very important verbs in
German.
• The are both irregular verbs (i.e. they don’t follow regular
pattern) and you need to learn them by heart.

Hilfsverben
Helping verbs

Hilfsverben
Helping verbs

(Regelmäßige Verben)

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Verbkonjugation im Präsens
verbs conjugation in present tense
Verbstamm + Endung
doesn‘t change depends on sg/pl and
the person

Verbstammt +
When you conjugate a verb
• 1. You have to know if the verb is weak (regular) or strong

(irregular).
• 2. How? 2 methods:
• 2.1 Look at the list of Irregular Verbs the teacher
gave you
• 2.2 use a dictionary

lernen ? regular or irregular

lernen is a regular
Schwache / Regelmäßige Verben

• Weak Verbs: are regular verbs and
predictable forms
• They do follow a regular pattern
when you conjugate them
• Keep the same stem vowel

2.1 Use the list of irregular verb
• If the Verb IS NOT on the list

go to REGULAR VERBS
If the Verb IS on the list go to
IRREGULAR VERBS

Verbstamm Endung
lernen
Infinitiv

lern-
lern-
lern-
lern-
lern-
lern-

Special case
1.Additional –e
2.No Additional s Sound
3.Infinitives ending in -eln, -ern

1. a) Additional –e
• If the verbstammt ends in –t or –d, then extra –e must be added
to conjugate in the du, er/sie, es and ihr forms.

1. b) Additional –e
• If the verbstammt ends in consonant* and –m or –n, then extra –e
must be added to conjugate in the du, er/sie, es and ihr forms.
• Exceptional*: -lm,-ln,-rm,-rn, -nn, -mm, -(vowel)m, wohnen

2. No Additional s Sound
• If the verbstammt ends in –s, -ss, -ß or –z, then no –s added to

conjugate in the du form.
the ending for du is -t, not -st:

-s- i.e. lesen du liest
-ss- i.e. lassen du lässt
-ß- i.e. stoßen du stoßt
-z- i.e. schützen du schützt

3. Infinitives ending in -eln, -ern
If the verb infinitive ends in –ln or –rn :
• sammeln, lächeln, ändern, fördern Achtung!
The e preceding the -ln is dropped in the
first-person singular. All other form retain the e.

Verbstamm Endung
wohnen
Infinitiv

wohnen ? regular or irregular

wohnen is a regular
Schwache / Regelmäßige Verben

Drop the ending (Endung)
Take the stem (Verbstamm)
wohn en

wohnen (to live/vi)
wohn e
wohn st
wohn t
wohn en
wohn t
wohn en
2.2 conjugate a verb - dictionary
wohn e
wohn st
wohn t
wohn en
wohn t
wohn en
(Unregelmäßige Verben)

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Verbkonjugation im Präsens
verbs conjugation in present tense
Verbstamm + Endung
Changes with depends on sg/pl and
du and er/sie/es the person
e>i a>ä
e > ie o > ö
au > äu

Stem Vowel Changes in Strong Verbs in the Present Tense
fahren geben lesen
ä i ie
1. Ps. singular: ich fahr - e geb - e les - e
2. Ps. singular: du fähr - st gib - st lies - st
3. Ps. singular: er/sie/es fähr - t gib - t lies - t
1. Ps. plural: wir fahr - en geb - en les - en
2. Ps. plural: ihr fahr - t geb - t les - t
3. Ps. plural: sie/Sie fahr - en geb - en les - en
sprechen ? regular or irregular

sprechen = irregular
Starke / Unregelmäßige Verben
Verbstamm + Endung
Changes with du depends on sg/pl
and er/sie/es and the person

Irregular Verbs
sprech-
*sprich-
*sprich-
sprech-
sprech-
sprech-

Übung

Activity - Würfelnspielen

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Reference
Grammatik in Bildern. (n.d.).

Gschossmann-hendershot, E. (2014). Schaum’s Outline of German
Grammar (5th ed.). Schaum’s outlines.
Habermann, M., Diewald, G., & Thurmair, M. (2015). Grundewissen
Grammatik. Duden.
https://www.sprachlehre.de/verben/formenbildung/pr%C3%A4sen
s_indikativ_aktiv.htm


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das Verb / die Verben

Frau Yanti Salina Bt Shaari

By: Yanti Salina Shaari

irregular verb? structure of the verb

By: Yanti Salina Shaari

Ich spiele Fußball.

By: Yanti Salina Shaari

Verbstamm Endung (-en/-n)

By: Yanti Salina Shaari

In German, the infinitive is the dictionary form of the verb.

Ich komme aus China .

Kommt ihr aus Polen?

By: Yanti Salina Shaari

By: Yanti Salina Shaari 11

By: Yanti Salina Shaari

 Also known as ”starke verben”

 Also known as ”schwache verben”

 ”verbstamm” changes in certain cases

Frau Yanti Salina Bt Shaari

By: Yanti Salina Shaari

By: Yanti Salina Shaari

By: Yanti Salina Shaari

By: Yanti Salina Shaari

Frau Yanti Salina Bt Shaari

By: Yanti Salina Shaari

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• 1. You have to know if the verb is weak (regular) or strong

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Schwache / Regelmäßige Verben

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• If the Verb IS NOT on the list

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• If the verbstammt ends in –s, -ss, -ß or –z, then no –s added to

the ending for du is -t, not -st:

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Schwache / Regelmäßige Verben

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Starke / Unregelmäßige Verben

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Grammatik in Bildern. (n.d.).