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GERMAN VERB

sich langweilen

to be bored

  • #194 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: gelangweilt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use sich langweilen

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

  1. Present

    Die Kinder langweilen sich bei dem Regen.

    The kids are bored with all this rain.

  2. Simple past

    In der Vorlesung langweilte ich mich furchtbar.

    I was terribly bored in the lecture.

  3. Perfect

    Habt ihr euch auf der Party gelangweilt?

    Were you bored at the party?

  4. Future

    Ohne Handy wird er sich sicher langweilen.

    Without a phone he'll surely be bored.

  5. Conditional

    Allein zu Hause würde ich mich langweilen.

    Alone at home I'd be bored.

  6. Imperative

    Langweil dich nicht, geh raus und spiel Fußball!

    Don't sit there bored, go out and play football!

Good to know

  • Sich langweilen is being bored; "langweilig" is boring: der Film ist langweilig, ich langweile mich.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.