Present
Präsens · now, habits and facts
- ich I concern
- du you concern
- er, sie, es he/she concerns
- wir we concern
- ihr you all concern
- sie, Sie they concern
Conjugation
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Simple past
Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech
- ich I concerned
- du you concerned
- er, sie, es he/she concerned
- wir we concerned
- ihr you all concerned
- sie, Sie they concerned
Perfect
Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”
- ich I have concerned
- du you have concerned
- er, sie, es he/she has concerned
- wir we have concerned
- ihr you all have concerned
- sie, Sie they have concerned
Future
Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job
- ich I will concern
- du you will concern
- er, sie, es he/she will concern
- wir we will concern
- ihr you all will concern
- sie, Sie they will concern
Conditional
Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”
- ich I would concern
- du you would concern
- er, sie, es he/she would concern
- wir we would concern
- ihr you all would concern
- sie, Sie they would concern
How to use betreffen
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Was mich betrifft, können wir gleich losfahren.
As far as I'm concerned, we can leave right now.
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Simple past
Der Streik betraf vor allem die Pendler.
The strike mainly affected commuters.
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Perfect
Die Änderung hat uns zum Glück nicht betroffen.
Luckily the change didn't affect us.
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Future
Die neue Regel wird alle Mitarbeiter betreffen.
The new rule will affect all employees.
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Conditional
Das würde dich doch gar nicht betreffen.
That wouldn't even concern you.
Good to know
- Was mich betrifft… is as far as I'm concerned….
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.