Conjugating Regular Verbs in the Present Tense

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Conjugating

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To conjugate means to give the different forms of a verb depending on the subject. English only has two regular conjugations in the present tense, no ending and -s ending (I, you, we, they runvs.he/she/it runs). To conjugate regular verbs in German, remove the -en ending and add the following endings (* though some of these verbs require spelling changes in addition to adding these endings):

• e (ich)
• en (sie)
• st (du)
• t (sie)
• t (er)
• en (Sie)

Question 2

antworten *

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to answer

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arbeiten

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to work

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beginnen

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to begin

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bekommen

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to get

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benutzen

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to use

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besuchen

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to visit

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bezahlen

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to pay for

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bleiben

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to remain/stay

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brauchen

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to need

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dauern

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to last

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denken

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to think

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entdecken

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to discover

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erfinden

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to invent

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ergänzen

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to complete

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erlauben

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to permit

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erzählen

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to tell

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essen *

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to eat

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finden

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to find

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fischen

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to fish

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fliegen

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to fly

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fragen

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to ask

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gehen

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to go

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gewinnen

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to win

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glauben

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to believe/think

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helfen *

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to help

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kaufen

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to buy

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kennen

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to know (people)

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kommen

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to come

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laufen *

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to run

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lehren

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to teach

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lernen

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to learn

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lieben

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to love

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liegen

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to lay

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machen

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to make

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passieren

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to happen

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rauchen

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to smoke

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reisen

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to travel

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rennen

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to run

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rufen

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to call

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sagen

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to say

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schlafen

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to sleep

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schreiben

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to write

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schwimmen

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to swim

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sehen *

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to see

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singen

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to sing

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sitzen *

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to sit

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sparen

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to save (money)

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stecken

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to put

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stehen

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to stand

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studieren

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to study

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suchen

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to look for

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tanzen

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to dance

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treffen *

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to meet

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trennen

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to separate

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trinken

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to drink

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verdienen

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to earn (money)

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vergessen

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to forget

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verlieren

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to lose

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versprechen

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to promise

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verstehen

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to understand

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warten

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to wait

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waschen *

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to wash

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winken

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to wave

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wischen

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to wipe

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wünschen

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to wish/desire

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ziehen

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to move

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Additional Info:

Answer 68

English has three ways of expressing the present tense, such as I run, I am running, I do run.  All three of these tenses are translated as one tense in German (ich laufe.)  However, you can add gerade after the verb to indicate the progressive form.  Ich mache meine Hausaufgaben can be translated as I do my homework or I'm doing my homework.  Ich mache gerade meine Hausaufgaben is translated as I'm doing my homework.