MemoryLayne:

it's "monaten" vier monaten

Ich habe Deutsch für 14 jahren gelernt.

I attended a german school my whole life !  Since I was 4 years old and until I was 18.

Thanks, I'll remember it, I think...

I'm jealous of you, I like German, I wish I'd had a chance to take it before. Es ist sehr interessant.

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HiP QWNS

Yeah I really like it, it's complicated but cool! Never too late to learn, just keep at it. I got to go on an exchange student programme to Germany 3 years ago and i had a blast! You should learn some more and go study german in Germany

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Yeah, I want to, or at least go for german IV... Heh that's the main purpose of this, I want to learn a bunch of stuff that's not in the textbook, since it's a horrible one for going ahead on your own, you literally can't... Haha you feel like being a part time teacher? Bitte?

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HiP QWNS

Haha Ja klar! Du kannst mir alles fragen. Ich habe einige Sachen vergessen, aber ich kann doch helfen

Just said that you can ask me anything, that i have forgotten a bit but i can help anyway!  

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Danke schön! \m/

How hard are the other tenses? Is it just another set of verb endings, or is it more complex?

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HiP QWNS

which ones do you know? present tense only or have you learnt past tense?

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Just present tense so far.

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HiP QWNS

well they certainly are more complicated than English. But the present perfect for example is pretty much the same structure. Have/be + the verb, except the verb changes yet again. Example

Ich bin (present)

Ich war (past tense)

ich bin gewesen (present perfect)

Ich sehe (I see)

ich sah

ich habe gesehen 

 

when the verb implies motion,you normally use "sein" instead of "haben" for the present perfect.

Well that's just so you get an idea, there's more to explain lol. 

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Ok... Not lost yet What verbs, offhand, follow this, and aren't those stupid irregular ones?

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HiP QWNS

irregular verbs are a pain!! I advice you to look up a list online or something... those are complicated. And there are many of them!

But what I just told you goes for all verbs... but see you can't think "oh so the past/present perfect I just gotta add the "ge-" before the verb" cause that doesn't always apply, since irregular verbs change differently. There's no pattern to follow, you just gotta learn them all by heart, which is what i had to do at school for 12 years

Example: this is regular, sorta.

ich traume (I dream)

ich träumte

ich habe geträumt 

this is irregular

ich esse (I eat)

ich aß

ich habe gegessen

 

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Ok... No pattern? Uggh. I'll memorize those 4 I guess, then we can keep going...

In class, we've been using trinken along with essen, what strange and hard to memorize variations happen to that one?

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HiP QWNS

well trinken is a regular one =)

ich trinke

ich trinkte

ich habe getrunken

the only patterns you can follow are the endings... but they even aren't the same all the times, there are exceptions too lol.

like ich usually finishes with an e; du with st; er/sie with t, etc.

Anyway, you can ask me stuff along the way... i could sit here for days trying to teach you everything lol. I have patience, but not that much  

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You don't need to teach me anything if you don't feel like it. I really appreciate it though, I want to learn

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HiP QWNS

Oh no, of course I feel like it, or else I wouldnt be doing it . Just that it's better that you learn step by step or I'll get you all confused with this. And this also helps me not to forget my german

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It's pretty hard to confuse me but my memory is similar to a goldfish's, so steps are great

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