German Verbs

Types of Verbs Transitive: have a direct object He carried the box Intransitive: don't have a direct objectHe smiled Active: subject of verb does the thingShe's eating Passive: subject of verb receives the actionThe apple was eaten Subject Pronoun 1st person ich - Iwir - We 2nd persondu - youSie - you (polite), you guys (polite)ihr - you guys 3rd personer - himsie - shees - itsie - they Polite form is the same as 3rd person plural Sie and sie Sie (polite you) is followed by a 3rd person verb like sie (they) Regular Verbs Verbs have two parts: the stem and the ending Verbs in their infinitive case (dictionary form) usually ends in -n or -en Removing -en or -n gives you the stem Irregular verbs sometimes end in -eln or -ern Present Indicative Tense 1st Person Singularich stem + e 1st Person Pluralwir infinitive 2nd Person Singulardu stem + stSie infinitive 2nd Person Pluralihr stem + t/etSie infinitive 3rd Person Singularer/sie/es stem + t 3rd Person Pluralsie infinitive Verbs ending in -eln omit the e before the l in 1st person singular Verbs ending in -ern may omit the e but don't have to "One ..." is man stem + tman speilt - one plays