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German Verbs
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It is important to learn German verbs. If you were going to take a trip to Germany, you would have to use verbs when you are talking to someone there, especially if you were telling them what you were doing or what you were going to do that day. What would you do if you didn't know how to explain to somebody what you were going to do?? You would have a hard time trying to explain everything. This is why Crystal, Katie, Ryan, Mike, LeRon, Maddie, Heather, Chelsey, Christian, Lucas, and Colin say...

LEARN THESE GERMAN VERBS!

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TANZEN

to dance

ROLLBRETTLAUFEN

 

to go skateboarding

UNTERRICHTEN

 

to teach

LERNEN

to learn

SCHLAFEN

to sleep

LAUFEN

to run

GEHEN

to go

SPRINGEN

to jump

REISEN

to travel

KÄMPFEN

to fight

RUTSCHEN

to slip

SPIELEN

to play

DENKEN

to think

KAUFEN

to buy

ERFINDEN

to invent

SPRECHEN

to speak

SINGEN

to sing

LACHEN

to laugh

AUFWACHEN

to wake up

TRINKEN

to drink

TRAGEN

to carry

WEINEN

to cry

LIEBEN

to love

MÄHEN

to mow

ZIEHEN

to pull

RADFAHREN

to bike

TIPPEN

to type

SCHREIBEN

to write

ESSEN

to eat

 

SICH STRECKEN

to stretch

 

BEWUNDERN

to admire

 

ZEICHNEN

to draw

 

 

Tips

1. To speak = sprechen. There was this guy named Chen who won a shopping spree and that is all he spoke about. So remember spree as spre and Chen as chen to get sprechen.

 

2. To sing = singen. They are very alike.

 

3. To laugh = lachen. Children like to laugh and the word children rhymes with chen. If you add 'la' to the beginning you have lachen.

 

4. To type = tippen. There was a guy who didn't know how to to type, so he asked his friend to give him some tips.

5. To drink = trinken. There once was a guy with a drink of water. He named his drink Trink and that is the end of the story.

 

6. To jump = springen. When you jump on your bed, you think of a spring. Then just add 'en' to the end.

 

7. To fly = fliegen. Fliegen looks just like flying so it should be easy to remember. They both start with 'fl'.

 

Quiz

Which of these mean....?

1. tanzen

a. to eat

b. to fly

c. to write

d. to dance

 

2. schlafen

a. to sleep

b. to run

c. to walk

d. to jump

 

3. reisen

a. to play

b. to travel

c. to fight

d. to slip

 

4. lachen

a. to think

b. to bike

c. to smile

d. to speak

 

1. d, 2. a, 3. b, 4. c