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GERMAN VERB

besprechen

to discuss

  • #289 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: besprochen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use besprechen

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

  1. Present

    Wir besprechen das morgen in Ruhe.

    We'll discuss it calmly tomorrow.

  2. Simple past

    Sie besprach den Plan mit ihrem Team.

    She discussed the plan with her team.

  3. Perfect

    Habt ihr die Reise schon besprochen?

    Have you discussed the trip yet?

  4. Future

    Ich werde das mit meiner Frau besprechen.

    I'll discuss it with my wife.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde das lieber persönlich besprechen.

    I'd rather discuss that in person.

  6. Imperative

    Besprich das bitte zuerst mit dem Arzt.

    Please discuss it with the doctor first.

Good to know

  • You discuss something, not about it: wir besprechen das Problem; the person comes with mit.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.