Stem-Changing Verbs In German, there are many so called stem
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Stem-Changing Verbs In German, there are many so called stem-changing verbs. This means that the “stem” of the verb (everything before the ‘en’) will change. Normally it is a vowel change. The most common ones are: a to ä, e to i, or e to ie. They only change in the ‘du’ and ‘er,sie,es’ form of the verb (think Oklahoma!) Their conjugations must be memorized! fahren (to drive) a to ä ich ____________________ wir _________________________ du _____________________ ihr_________________________ er, sie, es _______________ sie, Sie______________________ gefallen (to like) a to ä essen (to eat) e to i ich ________X__________ wir __________X_______________ du ___________________ ihr ___________________________ er, sie, es ______________ sie, Sie _______________________ ich _________________________ wir ___________________________ du _________________________ ihr ___________________________ er, sie, es ____________________ sie, Sie _______________________ geben (to give) e to i ich __________________ wir ___________________________ du __________________ ihr ___________________________ Es gibt = There is/are er, sie, es _____________ sie, Sie _______________________ sprechen (to speak) e to i ich _______________________ wir________________________ du________________________ ihr ________________________ er, sie, es _________________ sie, Sie _____________________ sehen (to see, look) e to ie ich ___________________ wir ___________________________ du ___________________ ihr ___________________________ er, sie, es ___________________ sie, Sie ________________________ See pages 196-197 in book for more information: www.emcschool.com/eResources Password: zrptmgk Stem-Changing Verbs lesen (to read) e to ie nehmen (to take) e to ie ich ___________________ wir ___________________________ du ___________________ ihr ___________________________ er, sie, es ______________ sie, Sie _______________________ ich ___________________ wir ___________________________ du ___________________ ihr ___________________________ er, sie, es ______________ sie, Sie _______________________ Übung. Translate the following sentences into German: He is driving to Florida._________________________________________________________ I* (use mir) like the shirt._________________________________________________________ What are you (du) eating?_________________________________________________________ You (du) give me a headache.______________________________________________________ Do you (du) speak German?_______________________________________________________ We see the car._________________________________________________________________ You all are reading Faust._________________________________________________________ He is taking the bus to work.______________________________________________________ Are you all driving to school?______________________________________________________ Do you* (use dir) like my shoes?___________________________________________________ The girl is eating fries.___________________________________________________________ There is a hole in my heart.________________________________________________________ Do you (formal) speak English?____________________________________________________ Rick Steves is watching you.______________________________________________________ What book are you reading?_______________________________________________________ My wife takes my money._________________________________________________________ See pages 196-197 in book for more information: www.emcschool.com/eResources Password: zrptmgk
