REGULAR PRESENT VERBS
Regular
present tense verbs follow orderly patterns which change the endings for their
infinitive form words. In German, regular present tense verbs follow either the
same or an easy to learn ending arrangement of letter/s, which makes it
more acquirable to get the right present tense ending and understand the proper
context.
Example 2: the infinitive form of singen 2nd person plural changes to "ihr singt".
The present tense verbs of 2nd person singular, 3rd person singular and 2nd person plural can vary slightly in the ending depending on their stem by adding an extra letter. If the end of the stem has a -M, -T or -D stem letter, then an extra -E is added to the stem word.The extra letter is added because without the extra letter saying the verb would be awkward, for example: arbeiten in 2nd person plural would sound and feel awkward to say "arbeitst", which is what is should be, but because arbeiten has the stem letter -T then it adds an extra -E so that it doesn't sound off. Below is a table that will help give a visual representation, the highlighted letters are the stem letters that add an -E to the endings of 2nd person singular, 3rd person singular and 2nd person plural.
Example 2: ihr arbeitet.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1st person singular (ich)
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-e
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ich lerne
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2nd person singular (du)
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-st
|
du lernst
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3rd person singular (er/sie/es)
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-t
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er lernt
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1st person plural (wir)
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-en
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wir lernen
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2nd person plural (ihr)
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-t
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ihr lernt
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3rd person plural/polite form (sie/Sie)
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-en
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sie lernen
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(table from Deutsch Lingolia and modified by me, details in bibliography).
For example 1: the infinitive form of stehen in 3rd person singular changes to "er/sie/es steht".Example 2: the infinitive form of singen 2nd person plural changes to "ihr singt".
The present tense verbs of 2nd person singular, 3rd person singular and 2nd person plural can vary slightly in the ending depending on their stem by adding an extra letter. If the end of the stem has a -M, -T or -D stem letter, then an extra -E is added to the stem word.The extra letter is added because without the extra letter saying the verb would be awkward, for example: arbeiten in 2nd person plural would sound and feel awkward to say "arbeitst", which is what is should be, but because arbeiten has the stem letter -T then it adds an extra -E so that it doesn't sound off. Below is a table that will help give a visual representation, the highlighted letters are the stem letters that add an -E to the endings of 2nd person singular, 3rd person singular and 2nd person plural.
ENGLISH MEANING
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INFINITIVE FORM
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2nd PERSON SINGULAR
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3rd PERSON SINGULAR
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To find
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finden
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Du findest
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Er/Sie/Es findet
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To wait
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warten
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Du wartest
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Er/Sie/Es wartet
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Example 2: ihr arbeitet.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Collins Dictionaries. (2016). Easy learning german verbs. 2nd ed. [Place of publication not identified]: HarperCollins Publishers.
Deutsch.lingolia.com. (2017). Present Tense (Präsens) - Lingolia German. [online] Available at: https://deutsch.lingolia.com/en/grammar/tenses/present-tense [Accessed 5 Aug. 2017].
The German Professor. (2017). The present tense of German verbs - The German Professor. [online] Available at: http://www.thegermanprofessor.com/present-tense-verbs/ [Accessed 9 Aug. 2017].
Dingle, M. and Sedunary, M. (1997). Feuerwerk. Port Melbourne, Victoria: CIS Heinemann.
Deutsch.lingolia.com. (2017). Present Tense (Präsens) - Lingolia German. [online] Available at: https://deutsch.lingolia.com/en/grammar/tenses/present-tense [Accessed 9 Aug. 2017].
Learn English | British Council. (n.d.). present tense. [online] Available at: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/present-tense [Accessed 8 Aug. 2017].
ENGLISH MEANING
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INFINITIVE FORM
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2nd PERSON SINGULAR
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3rd PERSON SINGULAR
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To find
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finden
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Du findest
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Er/Sie/Es findet
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To bless
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segnen
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Du segnest
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Er/Sie/Es segnet
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To wait
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warten
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Du wartest
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Er/Sie/Es wartet
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