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GERMAN VERB

erledigen

to get done, to take care of

  • #367 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: erledigt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use erledigen

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

  1. Present

    Ich erledige das noch heute Nachmittag.

    I'll get that done this afternoon.

  2. Simple past

    Er erledigte alle Einkäufe in einer Stunde.

    He did all the shopping in an hour.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du die Post schon erledigt?

    Have you dealt with the mail yet?

  4. Future

    Ich werde das morgen früh erledigen.

    I'll take care of it tomorrow morning.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde das zuerst erledigen, dann essen.

    I would do that first, then eat.

  6. Imperative

    Erledige das bitte, bevor du gehst.

    Please get that done before you leave.

Good to know

  • Erledigt! means done; Das erledige ich means I'll take care of it.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.