¶ Intro / Opening
German step at the time.
¶ Understanding German Vowel Changes
In today's lesson we talk about German verbs and a little exception because there are some verbs who have a vowel change when you use them. But don't be afraid, it's just some easy thing. The normal German verbs, you just use them as explained in a previous lesson. For example, the German verb Wohnen. It means live in English. So depending on the person, you change it, for example, ich wohne. I leb, du wohnst. You live. Er, sie, es wohnt. He, she, it, lives, and so on.
With a few special German verbs, you have to change some vowels when you use them, and this occurs only with the second person. It means you in German du And the third person it means he, she and it in German er, sie.
¶ E to I Vowel Change Verbs
For example, the German verb essen It means eat in English. At the first position, it means I. It's just like a normal verb ich esse. I eat. But with the second and third you have a slight vowel change. This means second position do in English you. It's not du est, but the vowel changes, it's now du ist. The E becomes an E. So when you use the verb essen, eat, just remember uh at second position, it's not e but an e du is And likewise the third position, RZS East.
All the other positions are just like a normal verb Wir essen. We eat. Ihr est. You eat the essence. They eat. There are few other verbs which have this vowel change at the second and the third position. Let's do three more. The first one is sprechen, It means speak in English, just as the previous verb essen at the second and the third position, the e becomes an e. So I speak is ich spreche. Was you speak is not du sprechst, but it becomes du sprichst.
Likewise, third position, he, she, it speaks, er, sie es spricht. All the other persons, just like a normal verb, wir sprechen. Ihr sprecht. And they speak. Only second and third position has a vowel change. One more verb sehen. It means see in English. I see normal ich sehe. But you see, vowel change, du zieest. Likewise he sheit, er, sie es sieht.
¶ A to Ä Vowel Change and Recap
and the last verb fahren. It means drive in English. So first position, normal, I drive, ich fahre. Second and third position, the A becomes an E. You put two points above the A, it becomes A umlaut. So you drive du fast. He sheit drives RS FERD. All the other persons are normal. Wir fahren Ihr fahrt! And sie fahren. As the other verbs before, only second and third position have a vowel change. There are a few other vowel change verbs, but these four verbs we learned today are the most common.
So to sum today's lesson up, there are some few verbs which have a vowel change at the second and the third position. For example, these four verbs essen In English eat, sprechen, in English speak, Sehen, In English See, and fahren. In English drive. That's all for today. Let's meet again in the next lesson.