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GERMAN VERB

mitbekommen

to catch, to pick up on

  • #485 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: mitbekommen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use mitbekommen

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

  1. Present

    Ich bekomme hier hinten kein Wort mit.

    I can't catch a word back here.

  2. Simple past

    Die Kinder bekamen von dem Streit nichts mit.

    The children didn't notice anything of the argument.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du mitbekommen, dass Lisa umzieht?

    Did you hear that Lisa is moving?

  4. Future

    Oma wird den Lärm bestimmt nicht mitbekommen.

    Grandma surely won't notice the noise.

  5. Conditional

    Ohne die Nachrichten würde ich gar nichts mitbekommen.

    Without the news I wouldn't pick up on anything.

  6. Imperative

    Bekomm alles mit, du musst es mir nachher erzählen!

    Take it all in, you have to tell me afterwards!

Good to know

  • Mitbekommen is to notice what is going on, or to catch what was said: ich habe nichts mitbekommen.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.