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GERMAN VERB

sich erinnern

to remember

  • #92 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: erinnert

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use sich erinnern

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

  1. Present

    Erinnerst du dich noch an unseren ersten Urlaub?

    Do you still remember our first holiday?

  2. Simple past

    Er erinnerte sich an nichts mehr von dem Abend.

    He remembered nothing more of that evening.

  3. Perfect

    Ich habe mich gestern an deinen Geburtstag erinnert.

    I remembered your birthday yesterday.

  4. Future

    Daran werde ich mich mein Leben lang erinnern.

    I'll remember that for the rest of my life.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde mich bestimmt an sein Gesicht erinnern.

    I'd definitely remember his face.

  6. Imperative

    Erinnert euch an das, was Oma gesagt hat.

    Remember what Grandma said.

Good to know

  • What you remember comes after an: Ich erinnere mich an den Sommer.
  • Erinnern without sich is to remind someone: Erinnere mich bitte daran.

Where you hear sich erinnern

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

German · Advanced Level 3

  • Ich erinnere mich an Ihre Familie. I remember your family.
  • Oma hat sich an das Dorf erinnert. Oma remembered the village.
  • Morgen erinnern wir uns an die Auswanderer. Tomorrow we remember the emigrants.
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The Mayor's Village Festival

Advanced Level 3 · Das Dorf erinnert sich an Ihre Familie.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.