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GERMAN VERB

losfahren

to set off, driving

  • #378 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: losgefahren

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use losfahren

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

  1. Present

    Wann fahren wir morgen los?

    When do we set off tomorrow?

  2. Simple past

    Wir fuhren um sechs Uhr morgens los.

    We set off at six in the morning.

  3. Perfect

    Der Zug ist pünktlich losgefahren.

    The train left on time.

  4. Future

    Ich werde gleich nach dem Frühstück losfahren.

    I'll set off right after breakfast.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde früher losfahren, es gibt viel Verkehr.

    I'd set off earlier, there's a lot of traffic.

  6. Imperative

    Fahr los, wir sind spät dran!

    Go, we're running late!

Good to know

  • Losfahren is to set off in a car, on a bike or on a train; losgehen is to set off on foot.

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