He came to my house.Chapter 11I had already left.He came to my
house after I had already left.
Simple Past TensePast Perfect
Chapter 11He came to my house after I had already left.
Simple Past TensePast Perfect
Chapter 11Er kam zu mir, nachdem ich schon gegangen war.
Past PerfectIch bin gegangen. F Ich war gegangen.Ich habe
geschlafen. F Ich hatte geschlafen.
seinichdu er/sie/esSie simple past ofwirihr sieSie
warwarstwarwart
habenichdu er/sie/esSie simple past ofwirihr sieSie
hattehattesthattehattet
werdenichdu er/sie/esSie simple past ofwirihr sieSie
wurdewurdestwurdewurdet
knnenteicher
tesuffix -te is the simple past tense marker for all regular
weak verbs.
tmach enWeak regular verb machen
tsag enWeak regular verb sagen
twnsch enWeak regular verb wnschen
Irregular Weak
Verbsbrachtdachtkanntnanntwutbringendenkenkennennennenwissen e e e
eesimple past
Strong Verbs
Strong VerbsStrong verb stems cannot always be predicted. They
must be each be learned on an individual basis.Strong verbs are
among the oldest and most commonly used verbs.Most verbs that are
strong in German are also strong in English. I came, I saw, ..
sang, ..sat, ..ate, ..drank...Ich kam, ich sah sang sa a
trank...
ich du er/sie/es Sie endings for simple past of strong
verbswirihr sieSie The ich and er/sie/es pronouns have no endings
for strong verbs in the simple past.~st~t
