Bis dahin werden Sie den Brief gelesen haben.(We will have read this novel by next week.) Nächste Woche werden wir diesen Roman schon gelesen haben.(The good student will have read this book, too.) Die gute Studentin wird dieses Buch auch gelesen haben.So, don’t worry! Have a look at the table: Plus, it isn’t a tense that’s used all that often in German. This tense might look a bit intimidating at first, but if you remember these three components, you’ll be fine. Once you have all these, you’re ready to go. This is what makes up the “perfect” part of this tense. The past participle of lesen – which you know by now is gelesen.Like I mentioned before, this is how you form the future tense in German. The correct conjugated form of werden in the present tense.To conjugate lesen in Futur II, you’ll need three components: This one describes an event that will have happened by a specific point in the future: I will have read all these books by the end of the semester. Germans also have the future perfect tense. Lesen Conjugation in Future Perfect Tense ( Futur II) Wirst du mein Lieblingsbuch lesen? (Will you read my favourite book?).That said, you do have to memorize the werden conjugation, which unfortunately is irregular. This form of lesen is actually not irregular! Once you have your correct form of werden, all you need to add is the infinitive of lesen. Much like in English, where we use the word will, German also needs a little helper verb to express the future. This form is what you use to talk about any events that will happen. Lesen Conjugation in Future Tense ( Futur I)Īs you might’ve guessed, we’re now going to talk about the lesen conjugation in the future tense (or Futur I). Hattet ihr die Gebrauchsanleitung gelesen? (Had you read the user manual?).Take a look at these tables to see what I mean: Then you add the past participle, gelesen, and you’re done. All you have to do is change haben to its past form, hatten. That’s because it’s very similar to the Perfekt. This may sound a tad complicated, but guess what? I’ve got some good news for you! The lesen conjugation in Plusquamperfekt is actually pretty simple. For example: I had read all of Stephen King’s novels before I read his newest one. We use the past perfect tense (or Plusquamperfekt) when we want to talk about something that happened before something else in the past tense. Lesen Conjugation in Past Perfect Tense ( Plusquamperfekt) Hast du diese Zeitschrift gelesen? (Have you read this magazine?).In the case of lesen, haben is used as the auxiliary verb.
The present perfect consists of two parts – an auxiliary (helping) verb and a past participle of the actual verb. To talk about something in the past, they use Perfekt instead. I mentioned in the section above that Germans don’t tend to use Präteritum in spoken language. Lesen Conjugation in Present Perfect Tense ( Perfekt)
The simple past tense form (or Präteritum) is predominantly used in formal and written language. Lesen Conjugation in Simple Past Tense (Präteritum) So, really, you only need to remember two slightly different forms of lesen in the present tense. Luckily for us, the plural form behaves like a regular verb. Notice how in the second and third person of the singular form, the vowel “ e” is replaced by “ ie”.
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Now, let’s look at how to do the lesen conjugation in present tense. Don’t worry, though, it’s not that difficult. Instead, it has a couple of differences – you will need to memorize these. This means that it does not follow the usual pattern of German verb conjugation. Let’s get started! Lesen Conjugation in Present tense (Präsens) Here is all you need to know about the lesen conjugation. But how do you talk about reading in German? Well, I’m glad you asked. “Did you read my text?” “Can you read what it says?” The verb is almost as integral to our lives as the activity itself.
Whether it’s road signs, food labels, or this article, most of us can’t imagine how our life would be without reading. Even if you aren’t exactly a fan of Goethe or Schiller, you still read every single day. Of course, it is! We all read all the time. Lesen (= to read) is one of the most common German verbs. In this post, we’re going to look at the lesen conjugation.