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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
The three verb moods
The German language has three verb moods, the indicative, the Konjunktiv (I and II) and the imperative.
The speaker can give a certain meaning to his/her statement through the choice of mood. In general, the three moods have the following functions:
| mood | function |
| indicative | real |
| Konjunktiv I | indirect speech |
| Konjunktiv II | unreal |
| imperative | request/command |
In the following examples, one can realise how the verb mood can differentiate the meaning of a statement/utterance.
| mood | Examples |
| indicative | Er kam sofort zurück. |
| Konjunktiv I | Er behauptet, er sei sofort zurückgekommen. |
| Konjunktiv II | Wenn er doch sofort zurückgekommen wäre! |
| imperative | Komm sofort zurück! |