Grammatik#1 Review of Verb Tense & Expressing Opinions Review of Verb Tense Verbs are used in different tenses To determine which tense is being used, ask: Is this happening now or in the very near future? Did this happen in the past? Is this being written? Is this being spoken? Is this going to happen in the distant future? Some German words for different verb tenses: Präsens Perfekt Präteritum Plusquamperfekt Futur (Futur 1) Futur Exakt (Futur 2) Websites for you to read more: http://www.beste-tipps-zum-deutsch- lernen.com/Deutsche-Grammatik-lernenZeitformen.html http://www.dartmouth.edu/~german/Gra mmatik/PresentTense/Present.html http://www.graf-gutfreund.at/ Heute üben wir… Präsens UND Präteritum Präsens Use the present tense with “jetzt” Präteritum Use the simple past tense with “früher” Review of Expressing Opinions Ich mag = I like Ich mag….nicht ODER Ich mag kein…. (I don’t like) …gefällt mir ODER …gefallen mir = is/are pleasing to me (A way to say I like but with what you like as the subject of the sentence) …gefällt mir nicht ODER …gefallen mir nicht = is/are not pleasing to me (A way to say I like but with what you like as the subject of the sentence)