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GERMAN VERB

sich befinden

to be located

  • #188 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: befunden

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use sich befinden

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

  1. Present

    Der Ausgang befindet sich auf der linken Seite.

    The exit is on the left-hand side.

  2. Simple past

    Das Hotel befand sich direkt am Hauptbahnhof.

    The hotel was right by the main station.

  3. Perfect

    Das Museum hat sich früher in diesem Gebäude befunden.

    The museum used to be in this building.

  4. Future

    Ihr Zimmer wird sich im dritten Stock befinden.

    Your room will be on the third floor.

  5. Conditional

    Laut Plan würde sich der Eingang hier befinden.

    According to the plan, the entrance would be here.

Good to know

  • Sich befinden is the formal way of saying where something is; in everyday speech people just say "ist" or "liegt".

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.