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GERMAN VERB

nachsehen

to check, to have a look

  • #452 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: nachgesehen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use nachsehen

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

  1. Present

    Ich sehe mal nach, ob die Post da ist.

    I'll go and check whether the mail is here.

  2. Simple past

    Er sah in allen Taschen nach, nichts.

    He checked all his pockets, nothing.

  3. Perfect

    Ich habe nachgesehen, der Zug fährt um neun.

    I checked, the train leaves at nine.

  4. Future

    Ich werde morgen nachsehen, was kaputt ist.

    I'll check tomorrow what's broken.

  5. Conditional

    Würden Sie bitte nachsehen, ob mein Paket da ist?

    Would you check whether my parcel has arrived, please?

  6. Imperative

    Sieh bitte nach, ob der Herd aus ist.

    Please check whether the stove is off.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.