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GERMAN VERB

sich ärgern

to be annoyed

  • #181 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: geärgert

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use sich ärgern

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

  1. Present

    Ich ärgere mich über jeden kleinen Fehler.

    I get annoyed about every little mistake.

  2. Simple past

    Sie ärgerte sich den ganzen Tag über den Stau.

    She was annoyed about the traffic jam all day.

  3. Perfect

    Ich habe mich so über den Schiedsrichter geärgert!

    I was so annoyed with the referee!

  4. Future

    Du wirst dich ärgern, wenn du nicht mitkommst.

    You'll regret it if you don't come along.

  5. Conditional

    An deiner Stelle würde ich mich nicht ärgern.

    In your place I wouldn't let it bother me.

  6. Imperative

    Ärgere dich nicht, das passiert jedem.

    Don't be upset, it happens to everyone.

Good to know

  • Sich ärgern über is to be annoyed about something; ärgern alone is to tease or annoy someone.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.