a verb whose stem vowel changes in the ‘du’ and ‘er, sie, es’ forms in the present tense

a mood used to tell somebody to do something or give instructions or commands

subject pronoun meaning ‘you’, informal and singular

subject pronoun meaning ‘you’, informal and plural

Liest du Romane? Questions and informal imperatives with strong verbs

German

Meine Mannschaft: stem changes 't' not 'st', 'e' before 't'/'st', 'el' stem

Meine Freizeit: present tense for future meaning, extended writing

This unit consolidates the present tense and imperative forms (du/ihr) of weak and strong verbs, and revises the present tense with time adverbs to express future meaning. It revisits stem changes for verbs like finden (findest)  and 't' not 'st' for verbs in examples like 'du tanzt'.

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Which of these are the 'du' and 'ihr' imperative forms of the verb 'fahren'?

Which of these verbs does **not** have a stem change in the 'du' form of the imperative?

Translate the following sentence into German: 'Be careful!' (You are talking to one person.)

Translate the following sentence into German: 'Be friendly!' (You are talking to two people.)

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Liest du Romane? Questions and informal imperatives with strong verbs

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