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German Strong Verbs
# A. C. Balaam #
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Strong verbs in German really aren't
differences
difficult
-e
-en
-st
-t
vowel change
. In fact, they behave very similarly to weak verbs with JUST two minor
differences
difficult
-e
-en
-st
-t
vowel change
.
Endings:
The endings on strong verbs are generally the same as the endings on weak verbs.
Endings
ich
differences
difficult
-e
-en
-st
-t
vowel change
du
differences
difficult
-e
-en
-st
-t
vowel change
er/sie/es
differences
difficult
-e
-en
-st
-t
vowel change
wir
-en
ihr
-t
Sie/sie
differences
difficult
-e
-en
-st
-t
vowel change
Vowel Change
The main difference with a strong verb is that there is a
differences
difficult
-e
-en
-st
-t
vowel change
in the "du" and "er/sie/es" forms.
There are three different possible vowel changes:
a ---->
ä
e ---->
ie
e ---->
i
Here are three verbs showing the vowel change:
Fahren
a -> ä
Lesen
e -> ie
Geben
e -> i
ich
fahre
lese
gebe
du
f
ä
hrst
l
ie
st
g
i
bt
er/sie/es
f
ä
hrt
l
ie
st
g
i
bt
wir
fahren
lesen
geben
ihr
fahrt
lest
gebt
Sie/sie
fahren
lesen
geben
FERTIG
OK
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