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GCSE German: Verb phrases (Foundation tier)

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  1. How does German express 'I am hungry'?

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    Ich habe Hunger — German uses haben + noun where English uses 'be' + adjective (likewise Durst, Angst, Lust, Schmerzen).

  2. How does German express an ongoing action such as 'I am walking'?

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    With the simple present tense (ich gehe) — German has no separate continuous form.

  3. Why is the du-form of warten 'wartest' rather than 'wartst'?

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    Stems ending in -d or -t (also -m, -n) add an -e before the -st and -t endings, e.g. du wartest, er zeichnet.

  4. Which German tense translates both 'I walked' and 'I have walked'?

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    The perfect tense (Perfekt) — it covers both the English simple past and the present perfect.

  5. German expresses the habitual past ('used to') with the perfect tense plus the adverb ?.

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    früher

  6. What is the past participle of studieren?

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    studiert — verbs ending in -ieren take the weak -t ending but no ge- prefix.

  7. Why is the past participle of besuchen 'besucht' and not 'gebesucht'?

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    Verbs with an inseparable prefix (be-, ent-, er-, über-, ver-) do not add ge- to the past participle.

  8. What is the past participle of sprechen?

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    gesprochen — a strong verb with the vowel change e → o.

  9. The German future tense is formed with ? + infinitive, covering both 'will' and 'be going to'.

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    werden

  10. What does the German construction 'um ... zu' + infinitive mean?

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    'In order to' — e.g. Ich lerne, um die Prüfung zu bestehen.

  11. What is the German '2-verb rule' in a main clause?

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    When a main clause has two verbs (e.g. modal + infinitive, or haben/sein + past participle), the second verb goes to the end of the clause.

  12. Where does the verb go in a German subordinate clause (word order 3)?

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    At the end of the clause, e.g. ..., weil ich müde bin.

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