German Lesson (11) - Stem-Changing Verbs - A1 Video Lecture | Learn German Language (Basics): Course for Serious Learners

hi guys hallo Lata welcome back to
German with Jenny in this episode I want
to talk to you about stem changing verbs
there are a number of verbs in German
that change their stem vowel in the
present tense unfortunately you're going
to have to memorize them because there's
no other way of finding out whether a
verb changes its stem vowel or not now
what the heck is a verb stem let's find
out so what's a verb stem when you drop
the e N or N of the infinitive you get
the verb stem growlin is an infinitive
the verb stem is Wow
what's a stem-vowel it's the vowel in
the verb stem fathan is an infinitive
the stem vowel is aa stem changing verbs
are verbs that change their stem vowel
in the 2nd and 3rd person singular in
the present tense let's take a look at
an example fasten each father do fast as
the S fit via Fallon ya fat z v n'j you
noticed that the stem-vowel changed in
the 2nd and 3rd person singular we say
do fast and SES fit now we're going to
take a look at the conjugation of the
most common stem-changing verbs the
first group consists of stem-changing
verbs that change their stem-vowel from
AA to a the first verb is sloughing to
sleep each Slava
do slaps the stem-vowel is air instead
of our SES left via Slaven here shaft
z fluffin
z SH laughin
the next verb is fahren to drive each
father
do fast
ASDs fat
via Fagin
yeah fat
z7
z7
the next verb is tagging which means to
wear or to carry each tag
do text the are changed to a ASDs
tracked via tagging
yeah tucked
z jargon
z tagging
the next verb is Russian to wash a
Russia
do list
a szs wished
via Russian
yeah vast
z Russian
z Russian
the next verb is heightened which means
to hold or to stop II hyah
do health
a szs head
via heightened
yeah Hayate
z Halton
z hayatun
the second group consists of verbs that
change their stem vowel from A to E the
first verb is gaben to give if Gabe
do games
as es gift
via gaben
year gift
z gaben
z gaben
the next verb is helfen which means to
help each helper
do helps
as zs helped
via health fun
year heft
z helfen
z health and
the next verb is pression which means to
speak ich spreche
do stressed
as the s squished
via question
yeah squished
z question
z question
the next verb is SN which means to eat
if s
do list
ASDs is
via Essen
year s
z SN
z SN
the next verb is Niemann which means to
take if Nima
do minced you may notice that it's not
only the stem-vowel that changes here
but the H disappears and we add an extra
M this is an unpredictable change and
you're just going to have to memorize it
okay a szs limit
via Neiman
yeah named
z naman
z naman
the next verb is Tiffin which means to
meet each toughie
do test
as es tuft
via Tiffin
year theft
z toughen
z treffen
the next group consists of stem-changing
verbs that change their symbol from A to
E a which is pronounced e the first verb
is Xin which means to see e
Xia
do list
a GS z
via Zn
yeah zit
z Z and
z Z
the next verb is lesson which means to
read each laser
do list
ASDs list
via listen
year list
z listen
z listen
the next verb is M Phelan which means to
recommend if M Fela
do em fist
as the s/m field via m Phelan
yeah em field Z M feelin
z and falen
the next group has only one essential
verb that you need to learn which is
laufen which means to run or to walk and
the stem vowel changes from owl to ie a
lava
new lives
ASDs left via lovin
here left
z lovin
z lovin
now let's take a look at some examples a
half fat MIT dem otto some Zuppa marked
he's driving to the supermarket or
literally he's driving with the car to
the supermarket F Fiat MIT Amato some
Zuppa marked the infinitive is fastened
to drive a an int Z Ningxia won't get he
takes his umbrella and leaves inant zan
and Hagen Shawn won't get the infinitive
is Nieman to take Z left year and tack Z
been kilometer every day she runs seven
kilometres Z left Yeadon tack Sieben
kilometer the infinitive is laufen to
run hills to Mia Morgan are you going to
help me tomorrow Hills to Mia Morgan the
infinitive is helfen to help the East
next Sofia she doesn't eat that much
ze snitched Sofia the infinitive is
Essen to eat avast ye Dan's am stuck
Zeena be sure every Saturday he does his
laundry
avast ye Dan's am sack zenovation
the infinitive is version to wash
clothes to dish morgan witt Sebastian
are you going to meet up with Sebastian
tomorrow trips to - Morgan MIT Sebastian
the infinitive is Stefan ZZZ - das do
you see that Z stood us the infinitive
is Xion to see
please - Deutsch do you speak german
wist do dodge the infinitive is session
to speak they're both held the bus stops
DuBose held the infinitive is Harriton
to stop or to hold ahead mine glass he's
holding my glass ahead mine glass
z least did seitan she's reading the
newspaper Z least did site on the
infinitive is listened to read Z checked
and Clyde she's wearing a dress Z tagged
and Clyde the infinitive is tagging to
carry or to wear Misha L checked the
custom knock Albin Michel is carrying
the boxes upstairs Misha in taiked
Dickason
na open slaves - are you sleeping slaves
to the infinitive is schlafen to sleep
do Fergus Emma Alice you always forget
everything to Fergus Emma Alice the
infinitive is fat guessing to forget all
right now you guys know how to use
stem-changing verbs in german remember
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