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Present Perfect, Imperfect, Dative Pronouns and Word Order with Pronouns
Masculine: I give the man the dog.
Present Perfect w/ Indirect Object as Pronoun: I gave him the dog.
Imperfect w/ Indirect & Direct Object as Pronouns: I gave him it.
Present w/ Direct Object as Pronoun: I give the man it.
Feminine: We are buying the woman the necklace.
Present Perfect w/ Indirect Object as Pronoun: We bought her the necklace.
Imperfect w/ Indirect & Direct Object as Pronouns: We bought her it.
Present w/ Direct Object as Pronoun: We are buying the woman it.
Neuter: Are you giving the girl the puppet?
Present Perfect w/ Indirect Object as Pronoun: Did you give her the puppet?
Imperfect w/ Indirect Object & Direct Object as Pronouns: Did you give her it?
Present w/ Direct Object as Pronoun: Are you giving the girl it?
Plural: They are sending the children the toys.
Present Perfect w/ Indirect Object as Pronoun: They sent them the toys.
Imperfect w/ Indirect Object & Direct Object as Pronoun: They sent them them.
Present w/ Direct Object as Pronoun: They are sending the children them.
Reflexive Verbs & Possessive Pronouns
I put on makeup. Do you/ Are you showering? My father shaves every morning.
Your mother is hurrying to work. Her sister combs her hair with her hairbrush. We hurry to school with our friends.
Are you looking forward to the weekend and your party? They meet every Sunday. I brush/am brushing my teeth.
Do you / Are you combing your hair? The man bathed in his bathroom.
Comparative & Superlative
He drives fast. She drives faster. It drives the fastest.
I like to eat cake. I prefer to eat ice cream. I like to eat cookies the most.
It is hot today. It was hotter yesterday. Tomorrow it will be the hottest.
In the fall it is warm. In the spring it is warmer. In the summer it is the warmest.
This book is interesting. This book is more interesting. This book is the most interesting.
I am tall. He is taller. She is the tallest.
I am smart. He is smarter. She is the smartest.
I play soccer well. He plays soccer better. He plays soccer the best.
I learn a lot. He learns more. She learns the most.
Regular Verbs.
Here is a list of verbs that are regular in the present perfect tense and the imperfect tense.
That means that they use "ge" plus "t" in the present perfect tense and "te" endings in imperfect.
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Irregular Verbs.
Here is a list of verbs that are irregular with the present perfect and imperfect tenses.
That means they use "ge" and "t" or "en" and sometimes a stem change in the present perfect tense.
and a stem change and the following endings in imperfect.
ich - none; du - st; er, sie, es - none; wir - en; ihr - t; sie, Sie - en
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