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GERMAN VERB

beibringen

to teach someone something

  • #428 most used
  • Mixed verb
  • Past participle: beigebracht

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du teach someone something!
  2. ihr teach someone something! (all of you)
  3. Sie teach someone something! (formal)

How to use beibringen

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

  1. Present

    Mein Opa bringt mir gerade Schach bei.

    My grandpa is teaching me chess right now.

  2. Simple past

    Meine Mutter brachte mir das Schwimmen bei.

    My mother taught me to swim.

  3. Perfect

    Wer hat dir so gut kochen beigebracht?

    Who taught you to cook so well?

  4. Future

    Ich werde den Kindern ein paar Lieder beibringen.

    I'll teach the children a few songs.

  5. Conditional

    Würdest du mir das Gitarrespielen beibringen?

    Would you teach me to play the guitar?

  6. Imperative

    Bring ihm bei, wie man die Maschine bedient.

    Teach him how to operate the machine.

Good to know

  • The learner is in the dative, the skill in the accusative: Ich bringe dir Deutsch bei.

Where you hear beibringen

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

German · Fluency Level 3

  • Ich bringe ihm Deutsch bei. I'm teaching him German.
  • Frau Weber hat mir Deutsch beigebracht. Frau Weber taught me German.
  • Morgen bringe ich Oma ein Wort bei. Tomorrow I'll teach Oma a word.
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The Idea

Fluency Level 3 · Eine Sendung mit allen, die Ihnen Deutsch beigebracht haben.

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Fluency Level 3 · Was hast du mir damals beigebracht?

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