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GERMAN VERB

mitnehmen

to take along

  • #148 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: mitgenommen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use mitnehmen

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

  1. Present

    Ich nehme immer eine Flasche Wasser mit.

    I always take a bottle of water along.

  2. Simple past

    Er nahm seinen kleinen Bruder ins Kino mit.

    He took his little brother along to the cinema.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du den Regenschirm mitgenommen?

    Did you take the umbrella with you?

  4. Future

    Wir werden genug Essen für alle mitnehmen.

    We'll take along enough food for everyone.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde eine warme Jacke mitnehmen, abends wird es kalt.

    I'd take a warm jacket, it gets cold in the evening.

  6. Imperative

    Nimm bitte den Müll mit, wenn du gehst.

    Take the rubbish with you when you go, please.

Good to know

  • Zum Mitnehmen is takeaway: einen Kaffee zum Mitnehmen, bitte.

Where you hear mitnehmen

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

German · Beginner Level 2

  • Wir nehmen die Lampe mit. We're taking the lamp with us.
  • Ich habe die Lampe mitgenommen. I took the lamp with me.
  • Morgen nehmen wir Kuchen mit. Tomorrow we'll take cake along.

German · Intermediate Level 1

  • Wir nehmen die Lampe mit. We're taking the lamp with us.
  • Ich habe die Lampe mitgenommen. I took the lamp with me.
  • Morgen nehmen wir Kuchen mit. Tomorrow we'll take cake along.
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Furniture Shopping

Beginner Level 2 · Gute Idee. Und die Lampe nehmen wir mit.

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Last Evening on the Coast

Intermediate Level 1 · Und ich nehme dich wieder mit aufs Boot.

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