The GCSE to AS German bridging summer class '13 *Last Edited 29th July*

I cannot speak for the Spanish subjunctive, but the German one and its uses turned out to be quite clear (according to grammar books, but colloquial usage may vary...). You might not actually cover it until A2, though, you know.

I cannot speak for the Spanish subjunctive, but the German one and its uses turned out to be quite clear (according to grammar books, but colloquial usage may vary...). You might not actually cover it until A2, though, you know.

Pfft...I'm learning the language anyway so the sooner I learn it, understand and use it then the better it will be! I am learning the language first and the qualifications second..if that makes sense.

I didn't look at the answers...but I guess I'm about to reveal that I don't know how to conjugate verbs past the infinitive . Don't laugh, bitte

ich sage
du sagst
er/sie/es sagt
wir sagen
ihr sägt
sie sagen
Sie sagen

All correct, except for that umlaut. I think you got confused with the du-form of irregular verbs, didn't you?

The only verb I learned to conjugate was müssen (I hope )

I think it goes like: Ich muss - du musst er/sie/es/man muss wir müssen ihr müsst sie müssen Sie müssen.

But now I realise that "modal verbs" are different from "regular verbs" ><

Don't worry, this is why I made the thread and the exercises.

Should I add a modal verb exercise, do you think?

Nein....hmmm vielleicht...wahrscheinlich....Ja, das scheint mit eine sehr gute Idee!

And now I’d like to remind you of the existence of modal verbs.

(6 of)

müssen - mögen - könnnen - könnnten - werden - wollen - dürfen

Hmmm ich kann es mich nicht mehr sehr gut erinnern!

Soll es nicht 'müssen, mögen, können, dürfen, sollen, wollen' sein? Werden bedeutet 'to become' oder man benutzt 'werden', um zu sagen, was in der Zukunft passieren werden...

Other than that, its a really good idea you're doing this. I ignored my german for a good 3 months after my GCSE exams, and then found AS really difficult!

Snowflake Yes, as in "Ich werde es tun"
I forgot it had another meaning

I haven't even done the GCSE yet! :L

you're not doing bad then! I swear i had no idea werden had another meaning at GCSE.

Now, try that with öffnen- to open, and kaufen- to buy.

ich öffne
du öffnest
er/sie/es/man öffnet
wir öffnen
ihr öffnet
sie öffnen
Sie öffnen

Regular vebs....I get it now

ich kaufe
du kaufest
er/sie/es/man kauft
wir kaufen
ihr kauft
sie kaufen
Sie kaufen

x

And now I’d like to remind you of the existence of modal verbs.

(6 of)

müssen - mögen - könnnen - könnnten - werden - wollen - dürfen

Hmmm ich kann es mich nicht mehr sehr gut erinnern!

Did you check your answers yourself, or just wait for me? *stern*
This works better if you find out your mistakes as soon as possible.

You put an unnecessary 'e' in. It's du kaufst. Du kaufest is the subjunctive/Konjunctiv, and we're not on that yet!

I think you got confused with some slightly more complicated verbs, which I left out, to prevent confusion!

Verbs like arbeiten or enden, which have a stem ending in t or d, add an e there and two other places to make the words easier to say.

Hence:
ich arbeite
du arbeitest
er/sie/es arbeitet
wir arbeiten
ihr arbeitet
sie arbeiten
Sie arbeiten

As the edit was wrong, I'm going to ignore it, and focus on the perfect set in the post. ✓
WTF? More accidental subjunctives?

As already covered by .snowflake.