In this post, we’ll go through the German verb: schreiben (to write).
Let’s start with the main conjugated forms for the German verb schreiben
| Present Tense – Präsens | Compound Past Tense (Present Perfect) – Perfekt | Simple Past Tense – Imperfekt |
| ich schreibe | ich habe geschrieben | ich schrieb |
| du schreibst | du hast geschrieben | du schriebst |
| er/sie/es schreibt | er/sie/es hat geschrieben | er/sie/es schrieb |
| wir schreiben | wir haben geschrieben | wir schrieben |
| ihr schreibt | ihr habt geschrieben | ihr schriebt |
| Sie/sie schreiben | Sie/sie haben geschrieben | Sie/sie schrieben |
The verb schreiben (to write) is a German irregular verb holds several cases, depending on the prepositions with which it is used: (sich+A, sich+D, dat., acc., in+A, an+A, an+D, auf+A, wegen+G, für+A, über+A, von+D)
Now, thanks to simple sentences, we try to better understand the meaning of the German verb schreiben and to memorize it.
- Ich schreibe eine E-Mail. I’m writing an email.
- Ich schreibe ihr einen Brief. I’m writing her a letter.
- Ich habe einen Brief geschrieben. I wrote a letter.
- Wann hast du ihnen die E-Mail geschrieben? When did you write them the email?
- Ich habe dir gestern eine E-Mail geschrieben. I wrote you an email yesterday.
- Ich habe die E-Mail um 10 Uhr geschrieben. I wrote the email at 10 o’clock.
In the following video, you can listen to and learn the pronunciation of the verb schreiben in its various conjugations:
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