A1 Beginner
The Präsens is used for things happening now, for habits, and often for the future too: Morgen arbeite ich. Take the infinitive, remove -en, and add the ending for the person. Some verbs change their vowel with du and er/sie/es: fahren → du fährst, lesen → er liest.
stem + -e / -st / -t / -en / -t / -en (ich / du / er·sie·es / wir / ihr / sie·Sie)
Forgetting the -st ending with du.
Du wohnt in Berlin.
Du wohnst in Berlin.
Ich ______ jeden Morgen Kaffee.
trinke · trinkst · trinkt
trinke — With ich, the verb ends in -e.
Du ______ sehr gut Deutsch.
spreche · sprichst · sprecht
sprichst — sprechen changes e → i with du: du sprichst.
Wir ______ in einer kleinen Wohnung.
wohnt · wohne · wohnen
wohnen — With wir, the verb ends in -en, like the infinitive.
Every Saturday, Milena buys fruit and vegetables at the market. Today she counts her coins, and something doesn't add up.
Präsens (present tense) · Akkusativ (accusative case) · 7 new words
A free summer concert in the park, a blanket, bread, cheese and good friends. What could go wrong?
Präsens (present tense) · Akkusativ (accusative case) · 6 new words
Anna and Max meet in a park for the first time. Both are a little nervous – how will it go?
Präsens (present tense) · 8 new words
It's Tarik's first day as a kindergarten teacher. Twelve children are waiting for him, and they are a tough audience.
Präsens (present tense) · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words
On Monday morning Leo can't find his key and is late for work. In the evening, his kitchen has a surprise for him.
Präsens (present tense) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 7 new words
Mia wakes up, and it is already bright outside. Her alarm clock didn't ring, and now every minute counts.
Präsens (present tense) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words
Every evening a grey cat sits at Anna and Max's door. They feed her and give her a name, but nobody really knows who she is.
Präsens (present tense) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words
Anna spends a day in Berlin: the train, the big sights, friendly people and, in the evening, a café.
Präsens (present tense) · 8 new words
Ali works at the supermarket checkout and knows his regular customers well. Only one of them is a small mystery.
Präsens (present tense) · Akkusativ (accusative case) · 6 new words
Every Thursday Lukas and Carmen swap languages over coffee: one hour of German, one hour of Spanish. This week they meet in a kitchen instead.
Präsens (present tense) · Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · 7 new words
Marko lives in Berlin, and his sister Ana comes from Novi Sad to visit for a week. She loves every minute of it, maybe a little too much.
Präsens (present tense) · Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · 7 new words
Lena is taking the train alone for the first time, and she has a window seat. But someone is already sitting in it.
Präsens (present tense) · Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · 6 new words
On a sunny Saturday, Mia and her friends play football in the park. Then Paul arrives with his small, very fast dog.
Präsens (present tense) · Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · 6 new words
The Haddad family spends a week by the North Sea, but the weather has its own plans. Will they see the sun at all?
Präsens (present tense) · Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · 7 new words
Every evening at eight, someone in the building plays the piano, always the same song. But nobody in the building has a piano.
Präsens (present tense) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 7 new words