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Simple PastImperfekt
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Simple Past of weak verbs
Singular Plural
1st person ich ____(e)te wir ___(e)ten
2nd person du ____(e)test ihr ___(e)tet
3rd person Er ____(e)teSie ___(e)tenSie
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lachen- to laugh
Wir
Sie (pl.)
Ich
Er
lachten
lachten
lachte
lachte
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arbeiten- to work
ich
Sie
ihr
du
es
arbeitete
arbeitete
arbeitetest
arbeitetet
arbeiteten
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fragen- to ask
ich
Sie
ihr
du
es
fragte
fragte
fragtest
fragtet
fragten
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Strong Verbs
The simple past of strong verbs are not predictable.
There is a vowel change in the stem
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Common Strong Verbs
Typically, if it does not follow the regular pattern in English, it will be irregular in German, as well.
kommen
fallen
geben
bringen
gehen
kam
fiel
gab
brachte
ging
stehen stand
sprechen sprach
werfen warf
ziehen zog
denken dachte
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WAIT!!!
Aren’t there any tips or patterns?
Well, kind of…..like verbs follow like patterns
German Strong-Verb Vowel Patternsa - ie - a (Class 7) ei - i - i (Class 1a)a - u - a (Class 6) ei - ie - ie (Class 1b)e - a - e (Class 5) i - a - o/u (Class 3a)e - a - o (Class 3b/4) ie - o - o (Class 2)e - o - o (Class 3b/4) [x] - ie - [x] (Class 7)
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Ummm….I don’t get the chart. Help?
Okay, here are some examples:
Class 1a
Class 1b
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4
Class 5
Class 6
Class 7