I am totally stuck with weak and strong verbs in german language. I know that weak verbs do not change the stem vowel in the past tense an past participle and they are considered like regular verbs in English
Strong verbs do change the stem vowel in both the past tense and the past aparticiple
my question is how do you know which verb is weak and which one is strong
Thanks a million!
2007-05-20 21:57:38 · 5 answers · asked by megaherzfan 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Sorry to make the thing even more complicated, but there are "mixed" ones as well!
The only way is to learn the following forms with each verb:
2nd person singular, simple past, past participle.
German children have to do exactly the same.
We all were chanting "singen, du singst, sang, gesungen"!
It is also very useful to learn the "construction" of the verb, like
"jemandem etwas geben" = to give something to somebody,
"jemanden sehen" = to see somebody
"jemadem helfen" = to help (give aid to) somebody.
2007-05-20 22:24:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No Fixed Rules As in Sanskrit.
German Grammar Can Be Tricky
Both The Languages Have A Similar Grammar And Similar Flow
2007-05-21 02:40:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there is no general rule to identify them.
Most verbs are regular / weak verbs. About 200 to 300 are strong verbs with irregular past and past participle. Among them are many of those verbs that are used most often.
2007-05-20 22:22:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-01 00:07:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well , i found it on my german book , i just give the strong verbs here okie?
e--ie for ex: ich lese , du liest
e---i for ex: ich spreche du sprichst
!!! for ex; ich nehme du nimmst ( this is most special )
a--ä for ex; ich fahre du fährst
au--äu for ex; ich laufe , ich läufst
!!! for ex; ich weiß , du weißt ..
their r the rules, but even u got the rules , u still need to a lot to remember ..
2007-05-21 00:34:16 · answer #5 · answered by Lucy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋