Present Tense of Sein in German and English - Prsens
DEUTSCH ENGLISH SINGULAR ich bin I am du bist you (fam.) are er ist he is sie ist she is es ist it is PLURAL wir sind we are ihr seid you (pl.) are sie sind they are Sie sind you (formal) are Examples: Sind Sie Herr Meier? | Are you Mr. Meier? Er ist nicht da. | He's not here.
Past Tenses (Vergangenheit)
Simple Past Tense - Imperfekt DEUTSCH ENGLISH SINGULAR ich war I was du warst you (fam.) were er war he was sie war she was es war it was PLURAL wir waren we were ihr wart you (pl.) were sie waren they were Sie waren you (formal) were
Compound Past Tense (Pres. Perfect) Perfekt
DEUTSCH ENGLISH SINGULAR ich bin gewesen I was/have been you (fam.) were du bist gewesen have been er ist gewesen he was/has been sie ist gewesen she was/has been es ist gewesen it was/has been PLURAL wir sind gewesen we were/have been you (pl.) were ihr seid gewesen have been sie sind gewesen they were/have been Sie sind gewesen you (formal) were/have been Past Perfect Tense Plusquamperfekt
DEUTSCH ENGLISH SINGULAR ich war gewesen I had been du warst gewesen you (fam.) had been er war gewesen he had been sie war gewesen she had been es war gewesen it had been PLURAL wir waren gewesen we had been ihr wart gewesen you (pl.) had been sie waren gewesen they had been Sie waren gewesen you (formal) had been
Future Tense - Futur
Note: The future tense, especially with Very often the present tense is used "sein," is used much less in German than with an adverb instead. (Er kommt am in English. Dienstag. = He'll arrive on Tuesday.)
DEUTSCH ENGLISH SINGULAR ich werde sein I will be du wirst sein you (fam.) will be er wird sein he will be sie wird sein she will be es wird sein it will be PLURAL wir werden sein we will be ihr werdet sein you (pl.) will be sie werden sein they will be Sie werden sein you (formal) will be
Future Perfect - Futur II
DEUTSCH ENGLISH SINGULAR ich werde gewesen sein I will have been du wirst gewesen sein you (fam.) will have been er wird gewesen sein he will have been sie wird gewesen sein she will have been es wird gewesen sein it will have been PLURAL wir werden gewesen sein we will have been ihr werdet gewesen sein you (guys) will have been sie werden gewesen sein they will have been Sie werden gewesen sein you will have been Commands - Imperativ
There are three command (imperative)
forms, one for each German "you" word. In addition, the "let's" form is used with wir (we).
DEUTSCH ENGLISH
(du) sei be (ihr) seid be seien Sie! be seien wir let's be EXAMPLES:
Sei brav! | Be good!/Behave yourself!
Seien Sie still! | Be quiet!/No talking!
Subjunctive I - Konjunktiv I
The subjunctive is a mood, not a tense.
The Subjunctive I (Konjunktiv I) is based on the infinitive form of the verb. It is NOTE: This verb form is most often most often used to express indirect found in newspaper reports or magazine quotation (indirekte Rede). articles.
DEUTSCH ENGLISH
SINGULAR ich sei I am (said to be) du sei(e)st you are (said to be) er sei he is (said to be) sie sei she is (said to be) es sei it is (said to be) PLURAL wir seien we are (said to be) ihr seiet you (pl.) are (said to be) sie seien they are (said to be) Sie seien you (formal) are (said to be) Subjunctive II - Konjunktiv II
The Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II)
expresses wishful thinking, contrary-to- reality situations and is used to express This "sein" form resembles English politeness. The Subjunctive II is based examples, such as "If I were you, I on the simple past tense (Imperfekt). wouldn't do that."
DEUTSCH ENGLISH
SINGULAR ich wre I would be du wrest you would be er wre he would be sie wre she would be es wre it would be PLURAL wir wren we would be ihr wret you (pl.) would be sie wren they would be Sie wren you (formal) would be Since the Subjunctive is a mood and not a tense, it can also be used in various ich sei gewesen I am said to have been ich wre gewesen I would have been wre er hier, wrde er... if he were here, he would... sie wren gewesen they would have been
