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GERMAN VERB

beten

to pray

  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: gebetet

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use beten

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

  1. Present

    Meine Oma betet jeden Abend vor dem Schlafen.

    My grandma prays every evening before sleep.

  2. Simple past

    In der Kirche beteten die Leute ganz leise.

    In the church the people prayed very quietly.

  3. Perfect

    Wir haben für seine schnelle Genesung gebetet.

    We prayed for his quick recovery.

  4. Future

    Ich werde für euch beide beten.

    I'll pray for you both.

  5. Conditional

    Manche würden in so einem Moment beten.

    Some people would pray at a moment like that.

  6. Imperative

    Betet mit mir, nur ein paar Worte.

    Pray with me, just a few words.

Where you hear beten

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

German · Advanced Level 3

  • Sie schreibt: Wir beten jeden Abend. She writes: We pray every evening.
  • Sie haben drei Tage lang gebetet. They prayed for three days.
  • Morgen beten wir für sie. Tomorrow we pray for them.
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The Letter about the Storm

Advanced Level 3 · Wir beteten. Tag und Nacht.

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