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These are some of the common regular verbs in German. Let's learn some more regular verbs and how to conjugate them.
Hello everyone and welcome to our video series on Learn German for Beginners. In the last lesson, you learned what a verb is, what is its function, and what is the structure of a verb. In this lesson, we will concentrate on regular verbs and learn how to conjugate them.
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So, let's begin.
Lektion: Fünfzehn. Once again, Lektion: Fünfzehn.
Regelmäßige Verben. Once again, regelmäßige Verben. Regular verbs, regelmäßige Verben, are also known as schwache Verben.
Let's first look at the learning objectives. We will first learn the basic conjugation rules for a verb in the present tense. After that, we will conjugate a few regular verbs, and in the end, do a smaller exercise.
Verb conjugation in present tense. We learned the structure of a verb in the previous lesson. There is a stem of the verb, known as Verbstamm, and an ending. While conjugating a verb in present tense, the verb stem doesn't change. The ending can vary. It depends on whether the person or thing is in singular or in plural.
Here you can see how a normal regular verb is conjugated. Whenever we conjugate a verb, we do that with the help of pronouns. We have discussed this in the previous two lessons. There are pronouns in singular and in plural. You can either remember this table or learn the conjugations for each verb.
This is for regular verbs. We will always have Verbstamm plus the ending. With "du", the ending will always be "-st". With "er", "sie", "es" (singular), "sie" (plural), and "Sie" (formal singular and plural), the ending is always "-en". With "wir", with "ihr", you will take the Verbstamm and just add a "t" at the end. Same is also with the pronoun "ihr".
It's now time to conjugate some verbs. Just listen and repeat after me. The first verb is "wohnen". If you just remember the endings, the verbs are very easy to conjugate.
The next verb is "lernen". The next verb is "spielen". Ich spiele, du spielst, er/sie/es spielt, wir spielen, ihr spielt, sie/Sie spielen.
The next verb is "studieren". Ich studiere, du studierst, er/sie/es studiert, wir studieren, ihr studiert, sie/Sie studieren. As you can see, the conjugation for these four pronouns is always the same.
The next verb is "hören". And the next one is "telefonieren". Ich telefoniere, du telefonierst, er/sie/es telefoniert, wir telefonieren, ihr telefoniert, sie/Sie telefonieren.
The next verb is "fragen". Ich frage, du fragst, er/sie/es fragt, wir fragen, ihr fragt, sie/Sie fragen.
Now we come to the verb "sagen". Ich sage, du sagst, er/sie/es sagt, wir sagen, ihr sagt, sie/Sie sagen.
There are also some special cases. There are a few verbs where the Verbstamm ends on either "s" or "ß" or "z". For example, "reisen" and "tanzen". When conjugating with "du", the ending "-st" changes to only "-t".
Here are the two verbs. The first one is "reisen". Ich reise, du reist, er/sie/es reist, wir reisen, ihr reist, sie/Sie reisen. As you can see, the conjugation of "du" just takes the ending "t" and not "st", since the Verbstamm already has an "s".
Let's look at the second example, "tanzen". Ich tanze, du tanzt, er/sie/es tanzt, wir tanzen, ihr tanzt, sie/Sie tanzen. Here also, the conjugation of "du" just takes the ending "t" and not "st".
There are some more special cases. Verbs with a Verbstamm ending in "d" or "t". For example, "arbeiten", "warten", and "antworten". When conjugating these verbs with "du", you will not use the ending "-st" but "-est". This is because of pronunciation. When conjugating the verb with "er", "sie", "es", or "ihr", you will use the ending "-et".
Here's the conjugation for "arbeiten". Ich arbeite, du arbeitest, er/sie/es arbeitet, wir arbeiten, ihr arbeitet, sie/Sie arbeiten.
Moving on to the next verb, "antworten". Ich antworte, du antwortest, er/sie/es antwortet, wir antworten, ihr antwortet, sie/Sie antworten.
The next verb is "warten". Ich warte, du wartest, er/sie/es wartet, wir warten, ihr wartet, sie/Sie warten.
And as mentioned before, don't get scared looking at these lists. You will get used to it with time and easily conjugate each and every kind of verb.
Now, let's do an exercise. Übung. Fill in the blanks with the conjugated verb.
Let's look at the first sentence. Your answer should be: Veronika arbeitet bei Siemens. And now the second one. Your answer should be: Wir lernen Deutsch. And the third one. The answer is: Wohnen ihr in Köln? Let's look at the final one. The correct answer is: Ich studiere Mathematik.
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