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More regular and irregular verbs
As you will see, a lot of irregular verbs on this page are very important verbs that you will
use quite frequently. Therefore it is important that you know how to conjugate these verbs
and use them correctly. In the conjugation tables below, stem changes are underlined
and the endings are bold - as usual.
Study the following two tables with new verbs. The first table lists new regular verbs, some of which
you already encountered in the dialog on page 1. The second table
gives you new irregular verbs of either the e->i/ie class or the a->ä class.
regular verbs
| German | English | | German | English |
 | brauchen | to need | | kaufen | to buy |
| verkaufen | to sell | | entschuldigen | to excuse |
| finden | to find | | lernen | |
| reden | to speak | | sagen | to tell |
Note that the stem of "finden" (to find) ends in "d". Thus, the "du" and the "ihr" forms
squeeze an "e" between the stem and the ending (du findest, ihr findet).
Now the irregular verbs:
irregular verbs
| | German | English | Type: | | geben | to give | e->i | | nehmen | to take | e->i | | sprechen | to speak | e->i | | sehen | to see | e->ie | | lassen | to let | a->ä | | schlafen | to sleep | a->ä | | laufen | to run | a->ä |
Study the verbs above carefully. As you can see, those are verbs that we always have to use
in almost every situation.
You know already how to conjugate regular verbs (e.g. machen, trinken, etc...) and
you also saw on the last page how the irregular verbs "essen", "fahren" and
"waschen" are conjugated. We now want to show you in detail how the other irregular
verbs are conjugated. Let's start with "geben" (to give),
which is from the e->i family of irregular verbs.
Thus, all the "e"s in the stem of the "du" and "er/sie/es" forms will become "i"s.
Ready?
geben (to give)
| Person | | Singular | | Plural |
| 1st | | ich gebe | | wir geben | | 2nd | | du gibst | | ihr gebt | | 3rd | | er/sie/es gibt | | sie geben |
Our next verb is "nehmen" (to take). Nehmen is a little different from
the other irregular verbs, since it not only changes its stem from "e" to "i",
but also changes from "hm" to "mm" for the "du" and the "er/sie/es" forms:
nehmen (to take)
| Person | | Singular | | Plural |
| 1st | | ich nehme | | wir nehmen | | 2nd | | du nimmst | | ihr nehmt | | 3rd | | er/sie/es nimmt | | sie nehmen |
sprechen (to speak)
| Person | | Singular | | Plural |
| 1st | | ich spreche | | wir sprechen | | 2nd | | du sprichst | | ihr sprecht | | 3rd | | er/sie/es spricht | | sie sprechen |
sehen (to see)
| Person | | Singular | | Plural |
| 1st | | ich spreche | | wir sprechen | | 2nd | | du sprichst | | ihr sprecht | | 3rd | | er/sie/es spricht | | sie sprechen |
lassen (to let)
| Person | | Singular | | Plural |
| 1st | | ich lasse | | wir lassen | | 2nd | | du lässt | | ihr lasst | | 3rd | | er/sie/es lässt | | sie lassen |
schlafen (to sleep)
| Person | | Singular | | Plural |
| 1st | | ich schlafe | | wir schlafen | | 2nd | | du schläfst | | ihr schlaft | | 3rd | | er/sie/es schläft | | sie schlafen |
laufen (to run)
| Person | | Singular | | Plural |
| 1st | | ich laufe | | wir laufen | | 2nd | | du läufst | | ihr lauft | | 3rd | | er/sie/es läuft | | sie laufen |
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Lesson 6
