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GERMAN VERB

klären

to clarify, to sort out

  • #348 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: geklärt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use klären

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

  1. Present

    Ich kläre das kurz mit dem Chef.

    I'll quickly clear that up with the boss.

  2. Simple past

    Wir klärten alle Fragen am Telefon.

    We cleared up all the questions on the phone.

  3. Perfect

    Habt ihr das mit dem Geld geklärt?

    Have you sorted out the money thing?

  4. Future

    Das werde ich morgen klären.

    I'll sort that out tomorrow.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde das lieber heute klären.

    I'd rather sort that out today.

  6. Imperative

    Klär das bitte mit deiner Schwester.

    Please sort that out with your sister.

Good to know

  • Das klären wir is we'll sort that out; sich klären is for something that sorts itself out.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.