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GERMAN VERB

gefallen

to please; wie hat es dir gefallen, how did you like it

  • #131 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: gefallen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use gefallen

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

  1. Present

    Gefällt dir die neue Wohnung?

    Do you like the new apartment?

  2. Simple past

    Der Film gefiel mir besser als das Buch.

    I liked the film better than the book.

  3. Perfect

    Wie hat euch das Konzert gefallen?

    How did you like the concert?

  4. Future

    Das Geschenk wird ihr sicher gefallen.

    She'll surely like the present.

  5. Conditional

    So ein Garten würde mir auch gefallen.

    I'd like a garden like that too.

Good to know

  • The thing is the subject and the person is in the dative: Das Buch gefällt mir, I like the book.
  • Gefallen is for the look or feel of something; for food and drink use schmecken.

Where you hear gefallen

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

German · Intermediate Level 1

  • Berlin gefällt mir. I like Berlin.
  • Berlin hat mir nicht gefallen. I didn't like Berlin.
  • Das wird dir gefallen. You'll like that.

German · Intermediate Level 2

  • Berlin gefällt mir. I like Berlin.
  • Berlin hat mir nicht gefallen. I didn't like Berlin.
  • Das wird dir gefallen. You'll like that.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.