More regular and irregular verbs

As you will see, a lot of irregular verbs on this page are very
important verbs that you will use quite frequently. Therefore it is
important that you know how to conjugate these verbs and use
them correctly. In the conjugation tables below, stem changes are
underlined and the endings are bold - as usual.

Study the following two tables with new verbs. The first table lists
new regular verbs, some of which you already encountered in the
dialog on page 1. The second table gives you new irregular verbs
of either the e->i/ie class or the a-> class.

regular verbs

German English

German English

brauchen to need

kaufen to buy

verkaufen to sell

entschuldigen to excuse

finden to find

lernen


reden to speak

sagen to tell

Note that the stem of "finden" (to find) ends in "d". Thus, the "du"
and the "ihr" forms squeeze an "e" between the stem and the
ending (du findest, ihr findet).

Now the irregular verbs:

irregular verbs
German English Type:

geben to give e->i

nehmen to take e->i

sprechen to speak e->i

sehen to see e->ie

lassen to let a->

schlafen to sleep a->

laufen to run a->


Study the verbs above carefully. As you can see, those are verbs
that we always have to use in almost every situation.

You know already how to conjugate regular verbs (e.g. machen,
trinken, etc...) and you also saw on the last page how the irregular
verbs "essen", "fahren" and "waschen" are conjugated. We now
want to show you in detail how the other irregular verbs are
conjugated. Let's start with "geben" (to give), which is from the e-
>i family of irregular verbs. Thus, all the "e"s in the stem of the
"du" and "er/sie/es" forms will become "i"s. Ready?

geben (to give)
Person

Singular

Plural
1st

ich gebe
(I give)

wir geben
(we give)
2nd

du gibst
(you give)

ihr gebt
(you give)
3rd

er/sie/es gibt
(he/she/it gives)

sie geben
(they give)


Our next verb is "nehmen" (to take). Nehmen is a little different
from the other irregular verbs, since it not only changes its stem
from "e" to "i", but also changes from "hm" to "mm" for the "du"
and the "er/sie/es" forms:

nehmen (to take)
Person

Singular

Plural
1st

ich nehme

wir nehmen
(I take) (we take)
2nd

du nimmst
(you take)

ihr nehmt
(you take)
3rd

er/sie/es nimmt
(he/she/it takes)

sie nehmen
(they take)


sprechen (to speak)
Person

Singular

Plural
1st

ich spreche
(I speak)

wir sprechen
(we speak)
2nd

du sprichst
(you speak)

ihr sprecht
(you speak)
3rd

er/sie/es spricht
(he/she/it speaks)

sie sprechen
(they speak)


sehen (to see)
Person

Singular

Plural
1st

ich spreche
(I speak)

wir sprechen
(we speak)
2nd

du sprichst
(you speak)

ihr sprecht
(you speak)
3rd

er/sie/es spricht
(he/she/it speaks)

sie sprechen
(they speak)


lassen (to let)
Person

Singular

Plural
1st

ich lasse
(I let)

wir lassen
(we let)
2nd

du lsst
(you let)

ihr lasst
(you let)
3rd

er/sie/es lsst
(he/she/it lets)

sie lassen
(they let)


schlafen (to sleep)
Person

Singular

Plural
1st

ich schlafe
(I sleep)

wir schlafen
(we sleep)
2nd

du schlfst
(you sleep)

ihr schlaft
(you sleep)
3rd

er/sie/es schlft
(he/she/it sleeps)

sie schlafen
(they sleep)


laufen (to run)
Person

Singular

Plural
1st

ich laufe
(I run)

wir laufen
(we run)
2nd

du lufst
(you run)

ihr lauft
(you run)
3rd

er/sie/es luft
(he/she/it runs)

sie laufen
(they run)