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GERMAN VERB

protokollieren

to take the minutes

  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: protokolliert

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use protokollieren

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

  1. Present

    Heute protokolliere ich die Sitzung.

    Today I'm taking the minutes of the meeting.

  2. Simple past

    Sie protokollierte jedes Wort des Chefs.

    She minuted every word the boss said.

  3. Perfect

    Wer hat die letzte Besprechung protokolliert?

    Who took the minutes of the last meeting?

  4. Future

    Ich werde alle Beschlüsse protokollieren.

    I'll record all the decisions in the minutes.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde nur die wichtigen Punkte protokollieren.

    I'd only minute the important points.

  6. Imperative

    Protokolliert bitte auch die Uhrzeit.

    Please note the time in the minutes too.

Good to know

  • Das Protokoll is the minutes of a meeting; Protokoll führen is also to take them.

Where you hear protokollieren

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

German · Advanced Level 1

  • Ich protokolliere. I take the minutes.
  • Ich habe protokolliert. I took the minutes.
  • Morgen protokolliert Herr Krause. Tomorrow Herr Krause takes the minutes.
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Preparing the Meeting

Advanced Level 1 · Und wer protokolliert, Herr Becker?

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