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GERMAN VERB

aufpassen

to take care, to watch out

  • #266 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: aufgepasst

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du take care!
  2. ihr take care! (all of you)
  3. Sie take care! (formal)

How to use aufpassen

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

  1. Present

    Meine Mutter passt heute auf die Kinder auf.

    My mother is looking after the kids today.

  2. Simple past

    Im Unterricht passte er selten auf.

    In class he rarely paid attention.

  3. Perfect

    Zum Glück habe ich aufgepasst.

    Luckily I was paying attention.

  4. Future

    Ich werde gut auf deine Katze aufpassen.

    I'll look after your cat well.

  5. Conditional

    Würdest du kurz auf meine Tasche aufpassen?

    Would you watch my bag for a moment?

  6. Imperative

    Pass auf, die Straße ist glatt!

    Watch out, the road is slippery!

Good to know

  • Pass auf! is watch out; aufpassen auf, with the accusative, is to look after someone or something.

Where you hear aufpassen

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Intermediate Level 3

  • Ich passe auf dich auf. I look after you.
  • Ich habe gut aufgepasst. I took good care.
  • Morgen passt du auf dich auf. Tomorrow you take care of yourself.
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At the Airport Again

Intermediate Level 3 · So, Max. Pass auf dich auf. · Pass auf!

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