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    This document discusses verbs in German and how they change form depending on the subject ("do-er"). It provides the infinitive form of verbs, which usually end in "en", and then lists out the conjugated form of example verbs like "spielen" for different subjects like "I", "you", "he/she", "we" and "they". It notes that some verbs add an "e" before endings to make them easier to pronounce. An exercise is included to practice translating sentences between English and German using different verb forms.

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    This document discusses verbs in German and how they change form depending on the subject ("do-er"). It provides the infinitive form of verbs, which usually end in "en", and then lists out the conjugated form of example verbs like "spielen" for different subjects like "I", "you", "he/she", "we" and "they". It notes that some verbs add an "e" before endings to make them easier to pronounce. An exercise is included to practice translating sentences between English and German using different verb forms.

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    Present Tense Basic

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    This document discusses verbs in German and how they change form depending on the subject ("do-er"). It provides the infinitive form of verbs, which usually end in "en", and then lists out the conjugated form of example verbs like "spielen" for different subjects like "I", "you", "he/she", "we" and "they". It notes that some verbs add an "e" before endings to make them easier to pronounce. An exercise is included to practice translating sentences between English and German using different verb forms.

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    Learning a language is all about words but what kinds of words?

    If you just learnt how to


    say nouns (things) your speech would just be like a big list: cat dog book air teeth bucket,
    not very interesting. To really make a language work for you, you need verbs (doing words).
    In English verbs are pretty easy to use there is one form for most do-ers
    e.g. I sing, you sing, we sing, they sing
    but he/she sings
    In German they change for ALL the do-ers. This can be confusing at first but once you
    learn the pattern you can follow it for most verbs!
    You need to know what the infinitive is (the full verb which you find in the dictionary). This
    usually ends with en e.g. gehen, finden, machen, sehen, spielen
    I ich spiel e
    you (informal singular) du spiel st
    he/she/it er/sie/es spiel t
    we wir spiel en
    you (informal plural) ihr spiel t
    you (formal sing/plural) Sie spiel en
    They sie spiel en

    Some verbs add an extra e before the normal endings above to make them easier to
    pronounce e.g. finden becomes ich finde, du findest, er findet
    Exercise
    Translate the following into English
    1. Ich spiele Golf
    2. Wir machen ein Picknick
    3. Lernt ihr deutsch?
    4. Er macht eine Radtour
    5. Spielen Sie gern Trompete ?
    6. Singst du in einem Chor ?
    7. Sie kommt aus England
    8. Mein Bruder hrt nicht gern Jazz

    Translate the following into German
    1. He plays tennis
    2. They are going on a picnic
    3. She is learning German
    4. She likes listening to rock music
    5. We sing in a choir
    6. When are you going?
    7. My friends play the guitar
    8. I take (make) a photo

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