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WORD GRAMMAR
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Verb
- Conjugation in indicative
- Person and number
- Tenses
- Voice
- Mood
- Verb categories
- Valency
- Semantic categories of verbs
- Finite / non-finite verb forms
- Noun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Article
- Pronoun
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Particle
- Interjection
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Verb
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SENTENCE GRAMMAR
- Clause types
- Complex clauses
- Constituents of a sentence
- Sentence structure
- Word order in a sentence
- Negation
Present tense
When the stem of a verb ends in -d, -t, an "e" is added in the 2nd and 3rd person singular and in the 3rd person plural.
Present indicative: e-addition
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person | stem | ending | ||||||
ich |
arbeit
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e | ||||||
du |
arbeit
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est | ||||||
er / sie / es |
arbeit
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et | ||||||
wir |
arbeit
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en | ||||||
ihr |
arbeit
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et | ||||||
sie |
arbeit
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en | ||||||
Sie |
arbeit
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en |
The same applies to verbs whose stem ends in a consonant + -m, -n. Exception: When an -r precedes the -m or -n, like in verbs formen, wärmen, lernen, turnen.
Present indicative: e-addition
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person | stem | ending | ||||||
ich |
zeichn
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e | ||||||
du |
zeichn
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est | ||||||
er / sie / es |
zeichn
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et | ||||||
wir |
zeichn
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en | ||||||
ihr |
zeichn
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et | ||||||
sie |
zeichn
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en | ||||||
Sie |
zeichn
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en |