Strong, Weak and Mixed Verbs. There are two and a half types of verbs in German. Each category of verbs takes characteristic endings for its past participles and its simple past forms. Strong verbs are "irregular" (though not necessarily in all their forms), weak verbs are "regular," and "mixed verbs" (which account for the "half" in "two and a half types of verbs") are a small class of verbs that take weak verb endings but are nevertheless irregular. 1. Weak [regular] verbs These are the verbs with no stem-vowel changes in any tense. Sagen, sagte, (habe) gesagt; einkaufen, kaufte ein, (habe) eingekauft; wandern, wanderte, (bin) gewandert 2.
These are the verbs that have stem-vowel changes in one or more of the tenses [possibly including the present tense]. Gehen, ging, (bin) gegangen; sehen, du siehst [stem-change in present tense], sah, (habe) gesehen 2a. 1a. 1b. 2. There are exceptions to this, however, so be careful: 3. 4. Why does the word "mama" so often mean mother in different languages, even in languages that aren't closely related? : askscience. Learn something new every day - Memrise. Univ. of Pittsburgh: Polish Language Website. Particles. Kana Invaders.
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