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GERMAN VERB

mitmachen

to join in, to take part

  • #327 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: mitgemacht

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use mitmachen

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

  1. Present

    Machst du beim Lauf am Sonntag mit?

    Are you joining the run on Sunday?

  2. Simple past

    Beim Spiel machten alle Kinder mit.

    All the children joined in the game.

  3. Perfect

    Ich habe letztes Jahr beim Kurs mitgemacht.

    I took part in the course last year.

  4. Future

    Diesmal werde ich beim Turnier mitmachen.

    This time I'll take part in the tournament.

  5. Conditional

    Ohne Rückenschmerzen würde ich gern mitmachen.

    Without my backache I'd love to join in.

  6. Imperative

    Mach mit, es macht wirklich Spaß!

    Join in, it's really fun!

Good to know

  • Bei etwas mitmachen is to take part in it; machst du mit? asks whether you're in.

Where you hear mitmachen

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

German · Advanced Level 2

  • Alle machen mit. Everyone joins in.
  • Frau Weber hat mitgemacht. Frau Weber joined in.
  • Morgen machen wir alle mit. Tomorrow we all join in.
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Persuading a Tenant

Advanced Level 2 · Ich mache da nicht mit.

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