Die Vennbahn: perfect tense, imperfect tense, weak past participles
Learning outcomes
I can use adverbs to give and respond to detailed responses in the past tense, form past participles of a range of weak verbs, and apply this knowledge when translating into German.
I can correctly pronounce [v] in inseparable prefixes.
Die Vennbahn: perfect tense, imperfect tense, weak past participles
Learning outcomes
I can use adverbs to give and respond to detailed responses in the past tense, form past participles of a range of weak verbs, and apply this knowledge when translating into German.
I can correctly pronounce [v] in inseparable prefixes.
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Key learning points
- Use 'gern', 'lieber' and 'früher' with a past tense to mean 'liked', 'rather', 'in the past, used to'.
- Weak verbs form their past participles by sandwiching the verb stem with 'ge-' and '-t', e.g., 'gespielt'.
- Verbs with separable prefixes add 'ge-' after the separable prefix, e.g., 'aufgemacht'.
- Verbs with inseparable prefixes do not add 'ge-' to form their past participle, e.g., 'erlebt'.
- Verbs ending '-ieren' do not add 'ge-' to form the past participle. They add the suffix '-iert', e.g., 'ausprobiert'.
Keywords
Gern - adverb meaning ‘gladly, liked to’ with the past tense
Lieber - comparative adverb meaning ‘more gladly, rather’
Früher - adverb meaning ‘previously, in former times, in the past'
Past participle - verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb 'haben' or 'sein'
Common misconception
'Lieber' means 'love'.
It is easy to confuse the words 'Liebe', 'liebe' and 'lieber', particularly in spoken German. Pay careful attention to pronunciation and listen out for [er]. 'Liebe' is a noun (love), 'liebe' is a verb (love) and 'lieber' is an adverb (more gladly).
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court/ dish
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damage
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to wear, have on
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to demand, demanding
to amuse, amusing
to inspire/be enthusiastic
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I enjoy it
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In the past, I used to ...