01. Intro
02. Past tenses for regular (weak) verbs:
03. Past tenses for regular (weak) verbs:
04. Forms of irregular (strong) verbs
05. Verbs with mixed conjugation
06. Information included in the course - user manual
Now you will see another type of regular conjugation for the verb: machen (to do).
Conjugation in the past tense Imperfekt:
ich machte
I did, I have done
du machtest
you did, you have done
er / sie / es machte
he / she / it did, he / she / it has done
wir machten
we did, we have done
ihr machtet
you did, you have done
sie machten
they did, they have done
Sie machten
you did, you have done (polite form)
The key element of building this grammatical tense is choosing the appropriate personal endings. Now you will learn how to build it for regular verbs:
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Just cut off the ending 'en' from the infinitive of the verb (you will receive the word mach). Then you add the appropriate personal ending to the verb root. This way you get the verb forms as in the example above.