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GERMAN VERB

anmachen

to turn on

  • #214 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: angemacht

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I turn on
  2. du you turn on
  3. er, sie, es he/she turns on
  4. wir we turn on
  5. ihr you all turn on
  6. sie, Sie they turn on

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I turned on
  2. du you turned on
  3. er, sie, es he/she turned on
  4. wir we turned on
  5. ihr you all turned on
  6. sie, Sie they turned on

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have turned on
  2. du you have turned on
  3. er, sie, es he/she has turned on
  4. wir we have turned on
  5. ihr you all have turned on
  6. sie, Sie they have turned on

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will turn on
  2. du you will turn on
  3. er, sie, es he/she will turn on
  4. wir we will turn on
  5. ihr you all will turn on
  6. sie, Sie they will turn on

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would turn on
  2. du you would turn on
  3. er, sie, es he/she would turn on
  4. wir we would turn on
  5. ihr you all would turn on
  6. sie, Sie they would turn on

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du turn on!
  2. ihr turn on! (all of you)
  3. Sie turn on! (formal)

How to use anmachen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Ich mache schnell das Licht an.

    I'll quickly turn the light on.

  2. Simple past

    Sie machte den Fernseher an und setzte sich.

    She turned the TV on and sat down.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du die Heizung angemacht?

    Did you turn the heating on?

  4. Future

    Ich werde gleich den Ofen anmachen.

    I'll turn the oven on in a moment.

  5. Conditional

    Bei der Kälte würde ich die Heizung anmachen.

    In this cold I'd turn the heating on.

  6. Imperative

    Mach das Radio an, die Nachrichten kommen.

    Turn the radio on, the news is coming on.

Good to know

  • Anmachen also means chatting someone up, and a salad is "angemacht" when it's dressed.

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