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The German Regular Verbs: Compound Past
All German regular verbs, also called weak verbs, follow a standard, predictable conjugation pattern in all tenses. Unlike irregular (strong) verbs, if you know how to conjugate one regular German verb, you know how to conjugate them all.
To form the past participle of any regular verb, one adds the prefix ge- to the third-person singular form of the verb (gemacht). To form the compound past, as in the chart below (using the verb machen) one uses the correct form of helping verb haben or sein plus the past participle: ich habe gemacht, er hat gemacht, etc.
Also see: -ieren verbs below...
Regular (Weak) German Verbs
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE |
| DEUTSCH |
ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR FORMS |
| ich habe gemacht |
I have made, done |
| du hast gemacht |
you have made, done |
er
sie hat gemacht
es |
he
she has made, done
it |
| PLURAL FORMS |
| wir haben gemacht |
we have made, done |
| ihr habt gemacht |
you (guys) have made, done |
| sie haben gemacht |
they have made, done |
| Sie haben gemacht |
you have made, done |
Examples:
Er hat das Buch gekauft.
He has bought the book.
Was haben Sie gesagt?
What did you say? |
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Past Perfect
German regular German verbs form the past perfect (Plusquamperfekt) in the same way as the present perfect, but using the past tense of the helping verb, as shown below.
Regular (Weak) German Verbs
PAST PERFECT TENSE |
| DEUTSCH |
ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR FORMS |
| ich hatte gemacht |
I had made, done |
| du hattest gemacht |
you had made, done |
er
sie hatte gemacht
es |
he
she had made, done
it |
| PLURAL FORMS |
| wir hatten gemacht |
we had made, done |
| ihr hattet gemacht |
you (guys) had made, done |
| sie hatten gemacht |
they had made, done |
| Sie hatten gemacht |
you had made, done |
Examples:
Wann hatte der Film geendet?
When had the movie ended?
Sie hatte jeden Tag gearbeitet.
She had worked every day. |
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The so-called -ieren verbs do not take the normal ge- prefix for the past participle. Almost all of these verbs are borrowed from English or French and are usually easy to translate. Some examples...
REGULAR -IEREN VERBS
Examples |
| Deutsch - English |
PAST PARTICIPLE |
| fotografieren to photograph |
hat fotografiert |
| reparieren to repair |
hat repariert |
| passieren to happen |
ist passiert |
| telefonieren to telephone |
hat telefoniert |
| MORE -IEREN VERBS |
abonnieren subscribe - adressieren address - aktualisieren update - akzeptieren accept - alarmieren alarm - amüsieren amuse - analysieren analyse - basieren base - buchstabieren spell - dekorieren decorate - diskutieren discuss - dressieren to dressage - existieren exist - exportieren export - finanzieren finance - fixieren focus (on) - funktionieren function - gratulieren congratulate - ignorieren ignore - importieren import - informieren inform - interessieren interest - kassieren cash, pocket - konjugieren conjugate - konzentrieren concentrate - korrigieren correct - markieren mark - manipulieren manipulate - montieren mount, attach - operieren operate - organisieren organize - panieren bread (fry) - polieren polish - probieren try - produzieren produce - programmieren program - protestieren protest - radieren erase - rasieren shave - reagieren react - realisieren realize - regieren govern - reservieren reserve - respektieren respect - restaurieren restore - riskieren risk - ruinieren ruin, disgrace - sanieren renovate - schockieren shock - servieren serve - studieren study - synchronisieren dub - trainieren train - transportieren transport
NOTE: The following irregular verbs are not conjugated as -ieren verbs: frieren freeze (fror, gefroren), verlieren lose (verlor, verloren). |
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