German language?

Question

does the german language conjugate like the english language?

also how is it different?

thanks

Answer 1

Hallo Spartan,

No, it doesn't. German and most other languages have a different ending for almost every person; you know I/He/She/You/We/They
German has more verbs endings than English, although some of the verb endings repeat.

Differences??

German has a present subjunctive, which is nearly dead in English. This tense is used to refer to actions which may or may not be true - in reported speech, or in constructions like "It is essential that he succeed".

The imperative is used for giving orders and comes in just one form in English. There are four forms in German, but they all mean essentially the same thing.

The past tense is formed by an auxillary verb and the past participle.
In English the auxillary is almost always "to have"; in German, as in many languages, it is often "to be".

Sein is used as the auxillary, rather than haben, when the verb implies movement to a particular place, such as gehen, "to go", or a change of state, such as sterben, "to die". Thus you say "they are gone abroad", rather than "they have gone abroad". The auxillary forms are the same as the verb in its normal role - ich habe, du bist, or whatever it may be.



Here some good articles on the topic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_conjugation
http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa100200a.htm
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl

Tschüss!

Answer 2

No, German has a lot more conjugations. It's a bit closer to Shakespearan English if that helps any:

I have ich habe
Thou hast du habst
S/he hath er/sie hat
we have wir haben
you have ihr habt
they have sie haben

Answer 3

No, it's more complicated. And you have to change the word endings for adjectives depending on where they are in the sentence.

Answer 4

Not really.