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© Heidi Behrens
Some German verbs are
very strong willed
• They do not exactly follow the
pattern of weak or regular verbs
• They change with ‘Du’ and
‘er/sie/es’
One of these verbs is
‘essen’
(to eat)
So what happens to the
verb ‘essen’ in the
PRESENT TENSE?
Let’s find out…
Step 1: get rid off the
INFINIVE ending:
ess
en
en
Step 2: add the verb
endings for ‘I’, ‘you’ etc.
Ich
ess
e
ess
Ich
e
(he)
st
(you – talking to a
young person)
(I)
er
du
en
t
sie
(she)
t
es
(it)
t
ess
ihr
t
(you – talking to
young people)
Sie en
(you – talking to one adult)
en
wir en
(we)
Sie en
(you – talking to adults)
sie
(they)
en
ess
Ich
du
er/sie/es
ihr
wir
sie
Sie
en
(to eat)
ess e
(I)
(you-talking to a young person)
(he/she/it)
(you- talking to young people)
(we)
(they)
(you-talking to a stranger/strangers)
iss t
iss t
ess t
ess en
ess en
ess en
Fine, but what if I want to talk about my friend
or my sister? No problem. Have a look at this:
Mein Freund
Mein Bruder
Mein Vater
Meine Freundin
Meine Schwester
Meine Mutter
Meine Freundin
und ich
Meine Eltern
Meine Freunde
= er
(he) =
= sie
= wir
=
(she)=
(we)=
sie (they)=
ending ‘t’
Mein Bruder isst
ending ‘t’
Meine Mutter isst
ending ‘en’
Meine Freundin und ich essen
ending ‘en’ e.g.
Meine Eltern essen
So what happened to the
verb ‘essen’ in the
PRESENT TENSE?
The stem ‘ess’ changed to
‘iss’ with ‘du’ (isst) and
‘er/sie/es’ (isst)