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Can you provide examples of German verb conjugations by tense

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Here are examples of German verb conjugations by tense for the verb “machen” (to do/make), which is a regular verb:

Present tense (Präsens):

  • ich mache (I do)
  • du machst (you do, singular informal)
  • er/sie/es macht (he/she/it does)
  • wir machen (we do)
  • ihr macht (you do, plural informal)
  • sie/Sie machen (they/you formal do)

Simple past tense (Präteritum):

  • ich machte (I did)
  • du machtest (you did)
  • er/sie/es machte (he/she/it did)
  • wir machten (we did)
  • ihr machtet (you did)
  • sie/Sie machten (they/you formal did)

Present perfect tense (Perfekt):

  • ich habe gemacht (I have done)
  • du hast gemacht (you have done)
  • er/sie/es hat gemacht (he/she/it has done)
  • wir haben gemacht (we have done)
  • ihr habt gemacht (you have done)
  • sie/Sie haben gemacht (they/you formal have done)

Past perfect tense (Plusquamperfekt):

  • ich hatte gemacht (I had done)
  • du hattest gemacht (you had done)
  • er/sie/es hatte gemacht (he/she/it had done)
  • wir hatten gemacht (we had done)
  • ihr hattet gemacht (you had done)
  • sie/Sie hatten gemacht (they/you formal had done)

Future tense (Futur I):

  • ich werde machen (I will do)
  • du wirst machen (you will do)
  • er/sie/es wird machen (he/she/it will do)
  • wir werden machen (we will do)
  • ihr werdet machen (you will do)
  • sie/Sie werden machen (they/you formal will do)

Future perfect tense (Futur II):

  • ich werde gemacht haben (I will have done)
  • du wirst gemacht haben (you will have done)
  • er/sie/es wird gemacht haben (he/she/it will have done)
  • wir werden gemacht haben (we will have done)
  • ihr werdet gemacht haben (you will have done)
  • sie/Sie werden gemacht haben (they/you formal will have done)

These examples demonstrate how the verb “machen” is conjugated in different tenses to indicate time and aspect. German verbs conjugate to agree with the subject in person and number and adapt their form based on tense. The auxiliary verb “haben” is used for perfect tenses with regular verbs like “machen”. 1, 4, 16

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