The Simple Past: German Strong Verbs
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High definition video of class lecture slides introducing the simple past (das Imperfekt) with German strong verbs. The video begins first with discussions of the simple past in English and the rules for using the simple past in German. The video then moves to a discussion of the strong verb "fahren" before briefly demonstrating how the simple past conjugation pattern for strong verbs differs slightly from weak and irregular verbs. Finally, the video concludes with an examination of the strong verb "stehen" as an example for verbs whose simple past stem ends in -d, -t, or -s.
The video covers:
00:09 Overview of lecture
00:52 The simple past in English
01:46 Using the simple past in German
03:00 The simple past of "fahren"
04:29 Difference between weak and strong verb conjugation pattern
05:14 The simple past of "stehen"