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GERMAN VERB

reden

to talk

  • #76 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: geredet

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use reden

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

  1. Present

    Worüber redet ihr da so lange?

    What are you talking about for so long?

  2. Simple past

    Wir redeten bis drei Uhr morgens.

    We talked until three in the morning.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du schon mit ihm geredet?

    Have you talked to him yet?

  4. Future

    Ich werde morgen mit dem Chef reden.

    I'll talk to the boss tomorrow.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde erst mal in Ruhe mit ihr reden.

    I'd talk to her calmly first.

  6. Imperative

    Rede nicht so laut, das Baby schläft!

    Don't talk so loud, the baby's sleeping!

Good to know

  • Reden mit is to talk to someone, reden über is to talk about something; sprechen is a little more formal.

Where you hear reden

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

German · Intermediate Level 3

  • Wir reden über die Nacht. We talk about the night.
  • Damals hat man nicht darüber geredet. Back then people didn't talk about it.
  • Morgen reden wir darüber. Tomorrow we'll talk about it.

German · Advanced Level 1

  • Wir reden über die Nacht. We talk about the night.
  • Damals hat man nicht darüber geredet. Back then people didn't talk about it.
  • Morgen reden wir darüber. Tomorrow we'll talk about it.
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Lukas Asks

Intermediate Level 3 · Man redete damals nicht darüber, Lukas. · Reden wir darüber! · Und jetzt reden Sie darüber?

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Reading the Letter

Advanced Level 1 · Hiermit. So redet kein Mensch.

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The Representative Calls

Advanced Level 1 · Man könnte darüber reden.

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The Representative's Offer

Advanced Level 2 · Dann rede ich mit den Mietern.

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Counter-Offer

Advanced Level 2 · Darüber könnte man reden.

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Back in Berlin

Advanced Level 2 · Danach reden wir über Ihre Zukunft.

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Swearing Lightly

Fluency Level 1 · Und wenn ein Hörer Unsinn redet?

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A Heated Caller

Fluency Level 1 · Ihre Sendung! Niemand redet so! · Na gut. Meine Kinder reden so.

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Moin at Any Hour

Fluency Level 2 · Das Gleiche. Nur zu viel geredet.

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The Producer Worries

Fluency Level 2 · Herr Becker, wir müssen reden.

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