Grammatik#1 - Frau Messerschmitt

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)