Category: German Language

There are four imperative forms in German.

Singular ( du and Sie )

Plural ( ihr and Sie)

In formal imperative, you write Sie after the infinitive form of the verb.
Both the singular formal and plural formal imperative is written in the same way.

du and ihr are different.

Beispiel

Trinke Wasser!
Drink water!

Seh Fern
Watch TV

öffne die Flasche
Open the bottle

machen sie bitte die tür zu

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Separable verbs are very tricky as they have to be memorized. You also have to take care of the correct ending of the infinitive when you separate the verb.

Beispiel

The meeting takes place on Monday.
Das Treffen findet am Montag statt.

When doe thee train depart?
Wann fahrt der Zug ab.

When does the train arrive?
Wann kommt der Zug an.

I get at 6’o clock.
Ich stehe um sechs Uhr auf.

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These verbs are extremely important to form many sentences in German.

Sein is completely Irregular and has many variations. Haben has two variations in du and er/sie/es.

Beispiele(examples)

Ich habe ein Tagebuch.
I have a diary.

Icha habe ein kugelschreiber.
I have a pen.

Er ist Lehrer.
He is a teacher.

Sie sind schön.
They are beautiful.

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Part 1 – Introduction

Part 2 – Verb endings of regular verbs

I am following “Basic German” by “Heiner schneke and Karen seago” as a guidebook. Along with this book, I am also using some other grammar books for supporting material.

Just like in every other language you have to learn it by heart. There are tricks that can make life easier but in the end, you have to learn them.

Verb endings of du, Sie, and er/sie/es are very important. There are lots of things that are related to them in regular verbs and there are even more things in irregular verbs formation.

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Part 3 – Irregular Verbs

After reading, I found out that there is no alternate path. You have to learn each Irregular variation. It is filled with exceptions. The pattern helps you in making a correct decision.

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In the German language there are 26 alphabets which similar to English alphabets. In addition to that there are six umlauts( Ä,ä,Ö,ö,Ü,ü ).

There is one additional character which is ‘ß‘.
It is called sharp s. It is also called ess-tset.
Example: groß (Big).

Other phoentic elements are dipthongs and consonants. These are shown in the images below.

If you want to hear the proper pronunciation then watch the video below.

These are a few grammar rules which need to be known to learn german words in an easier way.

There are four things that should be known about the words

• Meaning
• Parts of speech
• Function
• Form