verbs/Overview

Verbs are used to describe an action. Verb tense and type The sentence you use determines the verb tense. For example, if you’re talking about: Deciding which tense to use Decides tense Tense to use Something that is happening right now or happens all the time...

Verbs: reflexive verbs

‘Reflexive’ verbs are verbs like ‘I wash myself’ or ‘I dress myself’ where you have to include ‘myself’ to show that the person doing the action is doing it to themselves. Reflexive verbs A lot of reflexive verbs are related to your daily routine (eg...

Verbs: modal

Modal verbs are verbs associated with possibility or necessity. Modal verbs Examples of modal verbs include: ‘can’, ‘should’ and ‘want’. You almost always have to combine them with another verb to show what you can/should/want to...

Verbs: separable

‘Separable’ verbs are used in sentences such as ‘I wash up’ or ‘I came back’, which include both a verb (wash/come) and a ‘particle’ (up/back). Verbs: Separable verbs Common separable verbs Verb Translation abwaschen To wash up abtrocknen To dry up ankommen To arrive*...

Verbs: perfect tense

Tenses show when something happens – the past, present or the future. The perfect tense is a past tense. Perfect tense The perfect tense refers to an action that has happened in the past and is made up of three parts: A pronoun (ich, du etc) or a noun (der Hund...