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GERMAN VERB

beraten

to advise

  • #460 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: beraten

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use beraten

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

  1. Present

    Die Bank berät uns morgen wegen des Kredits.

    The bank is advising us about the loan tomorrow.

  2. Simple past

    Der Verkäufer beriet uns sehr gut.

    The salesman advised us very well.

  3. Perfect

    Wer hat Sie bei der Auswahl beraten?

    Who advised you on the choice?

  4. Future

    Eine Kollegin wird Sie gleich beraten.

    A colleague will advise you in a moment.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde dich gern beraten, aber ich kenne mich nicht aus.

    I'd be glad to advise you, but I don't know the subject.

  6. Imperative

    Beraten Sie mich bitte, welches Handy passt.

    Please advise me which phone would suit me.

Good to know

  • Sich beraten lassen is to get advice: lassen Sie sich in der Apotheke beraten.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.