müssen (musste) to have to, need Ich muss nach Hause gehen (I have to go home).Er musste gestern arbeiten (He had to work yesterday). Wir können am Samstag nicht kommen (We can’t come on Saturday). Past participle (Perfect tense) It is formed by adding -ed at the end of the base form of regular verbs and with irregular verbs we cannot determine what to add at the end of the base form, so we have to memorize them. können (konnte) to be able, to know Ich kann nicht schwimmen (I can’t swim). Simple past tense: It is formed by adding -ed at the end of the base form of regular verbs and with irregular verbs we cannot determine what to add at the end of the base form, so we have to memorize them. Present participle (Continuous tense ): It is formed by adding -ing at the end of the base form when we have the continuous tenses or gerund. Simple present tense (3 rd person singular): This particular form of the verb is formed by adding s or es at the end of the base form when we have 3rd person singular as a subject. This is the verb that is often used to look up the dictionary. Because they are regular verbs, their conjugation is very simple: Verb Meaning antworten: to respond, answer: arbeiten: to work: fragen: to ask: glauben: to believe, to think: leben: to live: lernen. Before getting into learning the forms of verbs we need to understand the terms we have used in the tables of verb forms.īase form: It is the root form of a verb without any specific ending -ed, -ing etc. We are going now to show you the verbs that you just have to learn while studying German because they are used very often.
