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German Grammar Drill 05; Present Tense

Present Tense The English present tense is more complex than the German present tense. English has three forms to consider: habitual I speak German. incomplete or progressive I am speaking German.emphatic I do speak German. German has only one present-tense form, which is similar to the English habitual form, but it can be translated into all three English forms: Ich spreche Deutsch. I speak German. I am speaking German. I do speak German. Regular verbs German regular verbs are those that do not make a change in the stem of the verb when conjugated.The stem of the verb is the infinitive minus the -en ending.  For example: heben                                              heb fragen.                                            frag Let’s look at a few regular ve...